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Nowjan Population - Sivasagar, Assam

Nowjan is a large village located in Sibsagar Circle of Sivasagar district, Assam with total 517 families residing. The Nowjan village has population of 2357 of which 1191 are males while 1166 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nowjan village population of children with age 0-6 is 292 which makes up 12.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nowjan village is 979 which is higher than Assam state average of 958. Child Sex Ratio for the Nowjan as per census is 921, lower than Assam average of 962.

Nowjan village has higher literacy rate compared to Assam. In 2011, literacy rate of Nowjan village was 92.20 % compared to 72.19 % of Assam. In Nowjan Male literacy stands at 95.09 % while female literacy rate was 89.28 %.

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

Nowjan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 517 - -
Population 2,357 1,191 1,166
Child (0-6) 292 152 140
Schedule Caste 40 21 19
Schedule Tribe 466 236 230
Literacy 92.20 % 95.09 % 89.28 %
Total Workers 708 543 165
Main Worker 510 - -
Marginal Worker 198 155 43

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 19.77 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.70 % of total population in Nowjan village.

Work Profile

In Nowjan village out of total population, 708 were engaged in work activities. 72.03 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.97 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 708 workers engaged in Main Work, 14 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.