Nikhekhu Population, Caste, Working Data Dimapur, Nagaland - Census 2011

Nikhekhu is a village situated in Nihokhu circle of Dimapur district in Nagaland. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 452 families residing in the village Nikhekhu. The total population of Nikhekhu is 2,379 out of which 1,219 are males and 1,160 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Nikhekhu is 952.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Nikhekhu village is 617 which is 26% of the total population. There are 348 male children and 269 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Nikhekhu is 773 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (952) of Nikhekhu village.

Population
2,379
Families
452
Literacy
30.65%
Sex Ratio
952

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Nikhekhu is 30.6%. Thus Nikhekhu village has lower literacy rate compared to 73.4% of Dimapur district. The male literacy rate is 31.57% and the female literacy rate is 29.74% in Nikhekhu village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Nikhekhu village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Nikhekhu Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Nikhekhu village.

Total Male Female
Children 617 348 269
Literacy 30.65% 31.57% 29.74%
Scheduled Caste 0 0 0
Scheduled Tribe 724 353 371
Illiterate 1,839 944 895

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 30.4% of total population in Nikhekhu village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Nikhekhu village out of total population, 1,088 were engaged in work activities. 61.8% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.2% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1,088 workers engaged in Main Work, 271 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 319 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 672 478 194
Cultivators 271 151 120
Agriculture Labourer 319 250 69
Other Workers 82 77 5
Marginal Workers 416 77 339
Non Working 1,291 664 627

Nearby Villages to Nikhekhu,

Below are the list of villages near Nikhekhu village in Nihokhu.

Village Population
Sukhato 280
Nihokhu 2,236
Hozhukhe 1,460
Toshiho 361
Hokhezhe 301
Khehoyi 834
Ghokuto 196
New Showuba 533
S.Hetoi 119

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