Nihalgarh is a village in Kapurthala district of Punjab State, India. It is located 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Kapurthala, which is both district and sub-district headquarters of Nihalgarh. The village is administrated by a Sarpanch who is an elected representative of village as per the constitution of India and Panchayati raj (India).

Nihalgarh
Village
Nihalgarh is located in Punjab
Nihalgarh
Nihalgarh
Location in Punjab, India
Nihalgarh is located in India
Nihalgarh
Nihalgarh
Nihalgarh (India)
Coordinates: 31°32′17″N 75°24′30″E / 31.538019°N 75.408251°E / 31.538019; 75.408251
Country India
StatePunjab
DistrictKapurthala
Government
 • TypePanchayati raj (India)
 • BodyGram panchayat
Population
 (2011)
 • Total479[1]
 Sex ratio 250/229/
Languages
 • OfficialPunjabi
 • Other spokenHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
144408
Telephone code01822
ISO 3166 codeIN-PB
Vehicle registrationPB-09
Websitekapurthala.gov.in

Demography

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According to the report published by Census India in 2011, Nihalgarh has 92 houses with the total population of 479 persons of which 250 are male and 229 females. Literacy rate of Nihalgarh is 78.14%, higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children in the age group 0–6 years is 49 which is 10.23% of the total population. Child sex ratio is approximately 1130, higher than the state average of 846.[2]

Population data

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Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 92 - -
Population 479 250 229
Child (0-6) 49 23 26
Schedule Caste 228 117 111
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.14 % 87.67 % 67.49 %
Total Workers 144 130 14
Main Worker 138 0 0
Marginal Worker 6 4 2

References

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  1. ^ "Nihalgarh Population per Census 2011". census2011.co.in.
  2. ^ "Nihalgarh". census2011.co.in. Retrieved 29 July 2016.


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