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Nijtaraf Population - Koch Bihar, West Bengal

Nijtaraf is a medium size village located in Mekliganj Block of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal with total 364 families residing. The Nijtaraf village has population of 1618 of which 835 are males while 783 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nijtaraf village population of children with age 0-6 is 251 which makes up 15.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nijtaraf village is 938 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Nijtaraf as per census is 976, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Nijtaraf village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Nijtaraf village was 59.40 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Nijtaraf Male literacy stands at 66.10 % while female literacy rate was 52.20 %.

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 364 - -
Population 1,618 835 783
Child (0-6) 251 127 124
Schedule Caste 1,382 712 670
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 59.40 % 66.10 % 52.20 %
Total Workers 461 421 40
Main Worker 436 - -
Marginal Worker 25 16 9

Caste Factor

In Nijtaraf village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 85.41 % 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, 461 were engaged in work activities. 94.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 461 workers engaged in Main Work, 205 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 202 were Agricultural labourer.