Nijhor Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Nijhor is a medium size village located in Shikaripara Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 61 families residing. The Nijhor village has population of 302 of which 154 are males while 148 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nijhor village population of children with age 0-6 is 64 which makes up 21.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nijhor village is 961 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Nijhor as per census is 1065, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Nijhor village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Nijhor village was 49.16 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Nijhor Male literacy stands at 56.91 % while female literacy rate was 40.87 %.

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	61	-	-
Population	302	154	148
Child (0-6)	64	31	33
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	302	154	148
Literacy	49.16 %	56.91 %	40.87 %
Total Workers	151	83	68
Main Worker	87	-	-
Marginal Worker	64	9	55

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, 151 were engaged in work activities. 57.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 151 workers engaged in Main Work, 38 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.