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Nishara Population - Purnia, Bihar

Nishara is a medium size village located in Jalalgarh Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 180 families residing. The Nishara village has population of 738 of which 400 are males while 338 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nishara village population of children with age 0-6 is 128 which makes up 17.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nishara village is 845 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Nishara as per census is 1065, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Nishara village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Nishara village was 53.44 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Nishara Male literacy stands at 64.50 % while female literacy rate was 39.71 %.

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

Nishara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 180 - -
Population 738 400 338
Child (0-6) 128 62 66
Schedule Caste 286 157 129
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 53.44 % 64.50 % 39.71 %
Total Workers 249 203 46
Main Worker 164 - -
Marginal Worker 85 50 35

Caste Factor

In Nishara village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 38.75 % of total population in Nishara village. The village Nishara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Nishara village out of total population, 249 were engaged in work activities. 65.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 249 workers engaged in Main Work, 21 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 134 were Agricultural labourer.