Nishan Population - Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh

Nishan is a large village located in Kerakat Tehsil of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh with total 357 families residing. The Nishan village has population of 2606 of which 1237 are males while 1369 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nishan village population of children with age 0-6 is 481 which makes up 18.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nishan village is 1107 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Nishan as per census is 1021, higher than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Nishan village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Nishan village was 58.92 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Nishan Male literacy stands at 68.07 % while female literacy rate was 50.80 %.

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

Nishan Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	357	-	-
Population	2,606	1,237	1,369
Child (0-6)	481	238	243
Schedule Caste	1,190	560	630
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	58.92 %	68.07 %	50.80 %
Total Workers	546	470	76
Main Worker	452	-	-
Marginal Worker	94	58	36

Caste Factor

In Nishan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 45.66 % of total population in Nishan village. The village Nishan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Nishan village out of total population, 546 were engaged in work activities. 82.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 546 workers engaged in Main Work, 201 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 219 were Agricultural labourer.