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Nihaluwal Population - Jalandhar, Punjab

Nihaluwal is a medium size village located in Shahkot Tehsil of Jalandhar district, Punjab with total 279 families residing. The Nihaluwal village has population of 1433 of which 746 are males while 687 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nihaluwal village population of children with age 0-6 is 145 which makes up 10.12 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nihaluwal village is 921 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Nihaluwal as per census is 593, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Nihaluwal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Nihaluwal village was 77.72 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Nihaluwal Male literacy stands at 81.83 % while female literacy rate was 73.46 %.

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

Nihaluwal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 279 - -
Population 1,433 746 687
Child (0-6) 145 91 54
Schedule Caste 482 252 230
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.72 % 81.83 % 73.46 %
Total Workers 531 419 112
Main Worker 520 - -
Marginal Worker 11 6 5

Caste Factor

Nihaluwal village of Jalandhar has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.64 % of total population in Nihaluwal village. The village Nihaluwal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Nihaluwal village out of total population, 531 were engaged in work activities. 97.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 531 workers engaged in Main Work, 204 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 216 were Agricultural labourer.