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Nikharewadi Population - Ratnagiri, Maharashtra

Nikharewadi is a medium size village located in Rajapur Taluka of Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra with total 85 families residing. The Nikharewadi village has population of 341 of which 177 are males while 164 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nikharewadi village population of children with age 0-6 is 29 which makes up 8.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nikharewadi village is 927 which is lower than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Nikharewadi as per census is 813, lower than Maharashtra average of 894.

Nikharewadi village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Nikharewadi village was 76.60 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Nikharewadi Male literacy stands at 89.44 % while female literacy rate was 62.91 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Nikharewadi village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Nikharewadi village.

Nikharewadi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 85 - -
Population 341 177 164
Child (0-6) 29 16 13
Schedule Caste 62 32 30
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 76.60 % 89.44 % 62.91 %
Total Workers 177 87 90
Main Worker 47 - -
Marginal Worker 130 52 78

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.18 % of total population in Nikharewadi village. The village Nikharewadi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Nikharewadi village out of total population, 177 were engaged in work activities. 26.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 73.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 177 workers engaged in Main Work, 31 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.