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Nilawaram Population - Dantewada, Chhattisgarh

Nilawaram is a medium size village located in Sukma Tehsil of Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh with total 209 families residing. The Nilawaram village has population of 1284 of which 639 are males while 645 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nilawaram village population of children with age 0-6 is 217 which makes up 16.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nilawaram village is 1009 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Nilawaram as per census is 920, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Nilawaram village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Nilawaram village was 55.11 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Nilawaram Male literacy stands at 65.02 % while female literacy rate was 45.47 %.

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

Nilawaram Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 209 - -
Population 1,284 639 645
Child (0-6) 217 113 104
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,175 582 593
Literacy 55.11 % 65.02 % 45.47 %
Total Workers 500 220 280
Main Worker 373 - -
Marginal Worker 127 22 105

Caste Factor

In Nilawaram village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 91.51 % of total population in Nilawaram village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nilawaram village of Dantewada.

Work Profile

In Nilawaram village out of total population, 500 were engaged in work activities. 74.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 500 workers engaged in Main Work, 355 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.