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Nikhra Population - Katihar, Bihar

Nikhra is a medium size village located in Kadwa Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 179 families residing. The Nikhra village has population of 933 of which 484 are males while 449 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nikhra village population of children with age 0-6 is 152 which makes up 16.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nikhra village is 928 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Nikhra as per census is 1054, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Nikhra village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Nikhra village was 55.57 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Nikhra Male literacy stands at 56.59 % while female literacy rate was 54.45 %.

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

Nikhra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 179 - -
Population 933 484 449
Child (0-6) 152 74 78
Schedule Caste 213 114 99
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 55.57 % 56.59 % 54.45 %
Total Workers 272 250 22
Main Worker 257 - -
Marginal Worker 15 3 12

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 22.83 % of total population in Nikhra village. The village Nikhra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Nikhra village out of total population, 272 were engaged in work activities. 94.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 272 workers engaged in Main Work, 61 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 193 were Agricultural labourer.