Neshta Population - Amritsar, Punjab

Neshta is a medium size village located in Amritsar- II Tehsil of Amritsar district, Punjab with total 293 families residing. The Neshta village has population of 1864 of which 987 are males while 877 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Neshta village population of children with age 0-6 is 263 which makes up 14.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Neshta village is 889 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Neshta as per census is 789, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Neshta village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Neshta village was 65.58 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Neshta Male literacy stands at 71.79 % while female literacy rate was 58.74 %.

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

Neshta Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	293	-	-
Population	1,864	987	877
Child (0-6)	263	147	116
Schedule Caste	941	496	445
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	65.58 %	71.79 %	58.74 %
Total Workers	800	568	232
Main Worker	778	-	-
Marginal Worker	22	6	16

Caste Factor

In Neshta village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 50.48 % of total population in Neshta village. The village Neshta currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Neshta village out of total population, 800 were engaged in work activities. 97.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 800 workers engaged in Main Work, 200 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 373 were Agricultural labourer.