Nijjran Population - Jalandhar, Punjab

Nijjran is a medium size village located in Jalandhar - II Tehsil of Jalandhar district, Punjab with total 360 families residing. The Nijjran village has population of 1643 of which 869 are males while 774 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nijjran village population of children with age 0-6 is 159 which makes up 9.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nijjran village is 891 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Nijjran as per census is 939, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Nijjran village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Nijjran village was 80.39 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Nijjran Male literacy stands at 85.26 % while female literacy rate was 74.89 %.

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

Nijjran Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	360	-	-
Population	1,643	869	774
Child (0-6)	159	82	77
Schedule Caste	683	363	320
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	80.39 %	85.26 %	74.89 %
Total Workers	569	486	83
Main Worker	473	-	-
Marginal Worker	96	60	36

Caste Factor

In Nijjran village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 41.57 % of total population in Nijjran village. The village Nijjran currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Nijjran village out of total population, 569 were engaged in work activities. 83.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 569 workers engaged in Main Work, 127 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 89 were Agricultural labourer.