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Nijhra Population - Katihar, Bihar

Nijhra is a medium size village located in Kadwa Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 314 families residing. The Nijhra village has population of 1469 of which 777 are males while 692 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nijhra village population of children with age 0-6 is 213 which makes up 14.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nijhra village is 891 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Nijhra as per census is 1088, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Nijhra village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Nijhra village was 73.17 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Nijhra Male literacy stands at 84.74 % while female literacy rate was 59.72 %.

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

Nijhra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 314 - -
Population 1,469 777 692
Child (0-6) 213 102 111
Schedule Caste 501 259 242
Schedule Tribe 2 0 2
Literacy 73.17 % 84.74 % 59.72 %
Total Workers 618 432 186
Main Worker 472 - -
Marginal Worker 146 28 118

Caste Factor

Nijhra village of Katihar has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 34.10 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.14 % of total population in Nijhra village.

Work Profile

In Nijhra village out of total population, 618 were engaged in work activities. 76.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 618 workers engaged in Main Work, 64 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 250 were Agricultural labourer.