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Niar Population - Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

Niar is a medium size village located in Jaswan Tehsil of Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh with total 113 families residing. The Niar village has population of 391 of which 176 are males while 215 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Niar village population of children with age 0-6 is 43 which makes up 11.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Niar village is 1222 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Niar as per census is 654, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Niar village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Niar village was 88.22 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Niar Male literacy stands at 94.00 % while female literacy rate was 83.84 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Niar 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 Niar village.

Niar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 113 - -
Population 391 176 215
Child (0-6) 43 26 17
Schedule Caste 38 19 19
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 88.22 % 94.00 % 83.84 %
Total Workers 327 145 182
Main Worker 69 - -
Marginal Worker 258 95 163

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 9.72 % of total population in Niar village. The village Niar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Niar village out of total population, 327 were engaged in work activities. 21.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 78.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 327 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.