Nijtaraf is a large village located in Haldibari Block of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal with total 565 families residing. The Nijtaraf village has population of 2448 of which 1264 are males while 1184 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Nijtaraf village population of children with age 0-6 is 328 which makes up 13.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nijtaraf village is 937 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Nijtaraf as per census is 885, lower than West Bengal average of 956.
Nijtaraf village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Nijtaraf village was 69.53 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Nijtaraf Male literacy stands at 74.86 % while female literacy rate was 63.88 %.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Nijtaraf 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 Nijtaraf village.
Nijtaraf Data
| Particulars |
Total |
Male |
Female |
| Total No. of Houses |
565 |
- |
- |
| Population |
2,448 |
1,264 |
1,184 |
| Child (0-6) |
328 |
174 |
154 |
| Schedule Caste |
2,131 |
1,108 |
1,023 |
| Schedule Tribe |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Literacy |
69.53 % |
74.86 % |
63.88 % |
| Total Workers |
955 |
792 |
163 |
| Main Worker |
771 |
- |
- |
| Marginal Worker |
184 |
74 |
110 |
Caste Factor
In Nijtaraf village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC).
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 87.05 % of total population in Nijtaraf village.
The village Nijtaraf currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.
Work Profile
In Nijtaraf village out of total population, 955 were engaged in work activities. 80.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Of 955 workers engaged in Main Work, 445 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 187 were Agricultural labourer.