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Nijhor Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Nijhor is a medium size village located in Masalia Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 161 families residing. The Nijhor village has population of 716 of which 376 are males while 340 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nijhor village population of children with age 0-6 is 115 which makes up 16.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nijhor village is 904 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Nijhor as per census is 597, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Nijhor village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Nijhor village was 48.09 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Nijhor Male literacy stands at 61.18 % while female literacy rate was 34.68 %.

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 161 - -
Population 716 376 340
Child (0-6) 115 72 43
Schedule Caste 14 6 8
Schedule Tribe 691 363 328
Literacy 48.09 % 61.18 % 34.68 %
Total Workers 136 126 10
Main Worker 6 - -
Marginal Worker 130 122 8

Caste Factor

In Nijhor village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.51 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.96 % of total population in Nijhor village.

Work Profile

In Nijhor village out of total population, 136 were engaged in work activities. 4.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 95.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 136 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.