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Nighavi Population - Bhandara, Maharashtra

Nighavi is a medium size village located in Pauni Taluka of Bhandara district, Maharashtra with total 255 families residing. The Nighavi village has population of 1110 of which 572 are males while 538 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nighavi village population of children with age 0-6 is 124 which makes up 11.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nighavi village is 941 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Nighavi as per census is 879, lower than Maharashtra average of 894.

Nighavi village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Nighavi village was 81.74 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Nighavi Male literacy stands at 93.28 % while female literacy rate was 69.58 %.

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

Nighavi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 255 - -
Population 1,110 572 538
Child (0-6) 124 66 58
Schedule Caste 314 158 156
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.74 % 93.28 % 69.58 %
Total Workers 668 350 318
Main Worker 499 - -
Marginal Worker 169 78 91

Caste Factor

Nighavi village of Bhandara has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 28.29 % of total population in Nighavi village. The village Nighavi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Nighavi village out of total population, 668 were engaged in work activities. 74.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 668 workers engaged in Main Work, 149 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 341 were Agricultural labourer.