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Nijma Population - Gumla, Jharkhand

Nijma is a medium size village located in Sisai Block of Gumla district, Jharkhand with total 183 families residing. The Nijma village has population of 1148 of which 577 are males while 571 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nijma village population of children with age 0-6 is 198 which makes up 17.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nijma village is 990 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Nijma as per census is 1129, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Nijma village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Nijma village was 66.63 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Nijma Male literacy stands at 76.45 % while female literacy rate was 56.44 %.

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

Nijma Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 183 - -
Population 1,148 577 571
Child (0-6) 198 93 105
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 809 411 398
Literacy 66.63 % 76.45 % 56.44 %
Total Workers 526 263 263
Main Worker 505 - -
Marginal Worker 21 12 9

Caste Factor

In Nijma village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 70.47 % of total population in Nijma village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nijma village of Gumla.

Work Profile

In Nijma village out of total population, 526 were engaged in work activities. 96.01 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.99 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 526 workers engaged in Main Work, 141 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 349 were Agricultural labourer.