Nijhor Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Nijhor is a medium size village located in Kathikund Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 44 families residing. The Nijhor village has population of 207 of which 104 are males while 103 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nijhor village population of children with age 0-6 is 34 which makes up 16.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nijhor village is 990 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Nijhor as per census is 889, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Nijhor village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Nijhor village was 30.64 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Nijhor Male literacy stands at 48.84 % while female literacy rate was 12.64 %.

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

Nijhor Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	44	-	-
Population	207	104	103
Child (0-6)	34	18	16
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	207	104	103
Literacy	30.64 %	48.84 %	12.64 %
Total Workers	93	60	33
Main Worker	49	-	-
Marginal Worker	44	13	31

Caste Factor

In Nijhor village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Nijhor village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nijhor village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Nijhor village out of total population, 93 were engaged in work activities. 52.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 93 workers engaged in Main Work, 22 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 27 were Agricultural labourer.