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Nighat Population - Narmada, Gujarat

Nighat is a medium size village located in Dediapada Taluka of Narmada district, Gujarat with total 378 families residing. The Nighat village has population of 1953 of which 903 are males while 1050 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nighat village population of children with age 0-6 is 299 which makes up 15.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nighat village is 1163 which is higher than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Nighat as per census is 954, higher than Gujarat average of 890.

Nighat village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Nighat village was 67.41 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Nighat Male literacy stands at 76.93 % while female literacy rate was 59.51 %.

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

Nighat Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 378 - -
Population 1,953 903 1,050
Child (0-6) 299 153 146
Schedule Caste 10 5 5
Schedule Tribe 1,927 891 1,036
Literacy 67.41 % 76.93 % 59.51 %
Total Workers 495 424 71
Main Worker 389 - -
Marginal Worker 106 72 34

Caste Factor

In Nighat village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.67 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.51 % of total population in Nighat village.

Work Profile

In Nighat village out of total population, 495 were engaged in work activities. 78.59 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.41 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 495 workers engaged in Main Work, 37 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 286 were Agricultural labourer.