Skip to main content Skip to docs navigation

Nikane Population - Thane, Maharashtra

Nikane is a medium size village located in Dahanu Taluka of Thane district, Maharashtra with total 370 families residing. The Nikane village has population of 1975 of which 965 are males while 1010 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nikane village population of children with age 0-6 is 361 which makes up 18.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nikane village is 1047 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Nikane as per census is 1028, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Nikane village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Nikane village was 45.60 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Nikane Male literacy stands at 56.67 % while female literacy rate was 35.07 %.

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

Nikane Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 370 - -
Population 1,975 965 1,010
Child (0-6) 361 178 183
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,854 903 951
Literacy 45.60 % 56.67 % 35.07 %
Total Workers 1,156 570 586
Main Worker 952 - -
Marginal Worker 204 75 129

Caste Factor

In Nikane village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 93.87 % of total population in Nikane village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nikane village of Thane.

Work Profile

In Nikane village out of total population, 1156 were engaged in work activities. 82.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1156 workers engaged in Main Work, 415 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 486 were Agricultural labourer.