Paschim Nijtaraf is a medium size village located in Mekliganj Block of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal with total 277 families residing. The Paschim Nijtaraf village has population of 1093 of which 583 are males while 510 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Paschim Nijtaraf village population of children with age 0-6 is 159 which makes up 14.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Paschim Nijtaraf village is 875 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Paschim Nijtaraf as per census is 622, lower than West Bengal average of 956.
Paschim Nijtaraf village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Paschim Nijtaraf village was 72.27 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Paschim Nijtaraf Male literacy stands at 79.79 % while female literacy rate was 64.14 %.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Paschim 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 Paschim Nijtaraf village.
Paschim Nijtaraf Data
| Particulars |
Total |
Male |
Female |
| Total No. of Houses |
277 |
- |
- |
| Population |
1,093 |
583 |
510 |
| Child (0-6) |
159 |
98 |
61 |
| Schedule Caste |
400 |
213 |
187 |
| Schedule Tribe |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Literacy |
72.27 % |
79.79 % |
64.14 % |
| Total Workers |
362 |
319 |
43 |
| Main Worker |
334 |
- |
- |
| Marginal Worker |
28 |
10 |
18 |
Caste Factor
In Paschim Nijtaraf village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC).
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.60 % of total population in Paschim Nijtaraf village.
The village Paschim Nijtaraf currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.
Work Profile
In Paschim Nijtaraf village out of total population, 362 were engaged in work activities. 92.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Of 362 workers engaged in Main Work, 194 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 62 were Agricultural labourer.