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Nihata Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Nihata is a medium size village located in Baruipur Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 486 families residing. The Nihata village has population of 1904 of which 945 are males while 959 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nihata village population of children with age 0-6 is 152 which makes up 7.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nihata village is 1015 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Nihata as per census is 1141, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Nihata village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Nihata village was 80.48 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Nihata Male literacy stands at 86.73 % while female literacy rate was 74.26 %.

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

Nihata Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 486 - -
Population 1,904 945 959
Child (0-6) 152 71 81
Schedule Caste 1,614 800 814
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.48 % 86.73 % 74.26 %
Total Workers 680 553 127
Main Worker 352 - -
Marginal Worker 328 268 60

Caste Factor

In Nihata village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 84.77 % of total population in Nihata village. The village Nihata currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Nihata village out of total population, 680 were engaged in work activities. 51.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 680 workers engaged in Main Work, 90 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 30 were Agricultural labourer.