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Peshu Population - Tuensang, Nagaland

Peshu is a large village located in Thonoknyu Circle of Tuensang district, Nagaland with total 558 families residing. The Peshu village has population of 3447 of which 1833 are males while 1614 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Peshu village population of children with age 0-6 is 566 which makes up 16.42 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Peshu village is 881 which is lower than Nagaland state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Peshu as per census is 791, lower than Nagaland average of 943.

Peshu village has lower literacy rate compared to Nagaland. In 2011, literacy rate of Peshu village was 53.63 % compared to 79.55 % of Nagaland. In Peshu Male literacy stands at 58.21 % while female literacy rate was 48.53 %.

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

Peshu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 558 - -
Population 3,447 1,833 1,614
Child (0-6) 566 316 250
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 3,432 1,823 1,609
Literacy 53.63 % 58.21 % 48.53 %
Total Workers 2,501 1,310 1,191
Main Worker 1,677 - -
Marginal Worker 824 413 411

Caste Factor

In Peshu village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.56 % of total population in Peshu village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Peshu village of Tuensang.

Work Profile

In Peshu village out of total population, 2501 were engaged in work activities. 67.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2501 workers engaged in Main Work, 1562 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 19 were Agricultural labourer.