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Nahan Population - Jajapur, Orissa

Nahan is a large village located in Bari - Ramachandrapur Block of Jajapur district, Orissa with total 771 families residing. The Nahan village has population of 3414 of which 1797 are males while 1617 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nahan village population of children with age 0-6 is 324 which makes up 9.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nahan village is 900 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Nahan as per census is 929, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Nahan village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Nahan village was 80.74 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Nahan Male literacy stands at 88.95 % while female literacy rate was 71.59 %.

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

Nahan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 771 - -
Population 3,414 1,797 1,617
Child (0-6) 324 168 156
Schedule Caste 606 322 284
Schedule Tribe 5 3 2
Literacy 80.74 % 88.95 % 71.59 %
Total Workers 1,093 1,052 41
Main Worker 1,010 - -
Marginal Worker 83 69 14

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.75 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.15 % of total population in Nahan village.

Work Profile

In Nahan village out of total population, 1093 were engaged in work activities. 92.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1093 workers engaged in Main Work, 294 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 375 were Agricultural labourer.