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Nehamba Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Nehamba is a large village located in Gangarampur Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 636 families residing. The Nehamba village has population of 2836 of which 1488 are males while 1348 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nehamba village population of children with age 0-6 is 435 which makes up 15.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nehamba village is 906 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Nehamba as per census is 768, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Nehamba village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Nehamba village was 80.34 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Nehamba Male literacy stands at 83.41 % while female literacy rate was 77.05 %.

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

Nehamba Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 636 - -
Population 2,836 1,488 1,348
Child (0-6) 435 246 189
Schedule Caste 4 2 2
Schedule Tribe 238 131 107
Literacy 80.34 % 83.41 % 77.05 %
Total Workers 933 836 97
Main Worker 796 - -
Marginal Worker 137 110 27

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 8.39 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.14 % of total population in Nehamba village.

Work Profile

In Nehamba village out of total population, 933 were engaged in work activities. 85.32 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.68 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 933 workers engaged in Main Work, 393 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 318 were Agricultural labourer.