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Nej Population - Kolhapur, Maharashtra

Nej is a large village located in Hatkanangle Taluka of Kolhapur district, Maharashtra with total 843 families residing. The Nej village has population of 4141 of which 2133 are males while 2008 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nej village population of children with age 0-6 is 423 which makes up 10.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nej village is 941 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Nej as per census is 897, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Nej village has higher literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Nej village was 87.20 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Nej Male literacy stands at 93.09 % while female literacy rate was 80.97 %.

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

Nej Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 843 - -
Population 4,141 2,133 2,008
Child (0-6) 423 223 200
Schedule Caste 1,579 806 773
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.20 % 93.09 % 80.97 %
Total Workers 1,757 1,204 553
Main Worker 1,496 - -
Marginal Worker 261 117 144

Caste Factor

In Nej village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 38.13 % of total population in Nej village. The village Nej currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Nej village out of total population, 1757 were engaged in work activities. 85.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1757 workers engaged in Main Work, 446 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 504 were Agricultural labourer.