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Nighi Population - Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab

Nighi is a medium size village located in Balachaur Tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district, Punjab with total 189 families residing. The Nighi village has population of 848 of which 438 are males while 410 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nighi village population of children with age 0-6 is 112 which makes up 13.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nighi village is 936 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Nighi as per census is 965, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Nighi village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Nighi village was 68.75 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Nighi Male literacy stands at 78.74 % while female literacy rate was 58.03 %.

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

Nighi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 189 - -
Population 848 438 410
Child (0-6) 112 57 55
Schedule Caste 21 11 10
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.75 % 78.74 % 58.03 %
Total Workers 490 267 223
Main Worker 276 - -
Marginal Worker 214 62 152

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.48 % of total population in Nighi village. The village Nighi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Nighi village out of total population, 490 were engaged in work activities. 56.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 490 workers engaged in Main Work, 54 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 132 were Agricultural labourer.