The Nighwan village has population of 7279 of which 3715 are males while 3564 are females as per Population Census 2011. In Nighwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 1279 which makes up 17.57 % of total population of village. Average S*x Ratio of Nighwan village is 959 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child S*x Ratio for the Nighwan as per census is 1053, higher than B
ihar average of 935. Nighwan village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Nighwan village was 61.20 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Nighwan Male literacy stands at 71.70 % while female literacy rate was 50.03 %. As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Nighwan village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. of Houses 1,233 - - Population 7,279 3,715 3,564 Child (0-6) 1,279 623 656 Schedule Caste 1,534 802 732 Schedule Tribe 1 1 0 Literacy 61.20 % 71.70 % 50.03 % Total Workers 2,365 1,665 700 Main Worker 1,445 0 0 Marginal Worker 920 616 304 Caste Factor Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 21.07 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.01 % of total population in Nighwan village. Work Profile In Nighwan village out of total population, 2365 were engaged in work activities. 61.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2365 workers engaged in Main Work, 223 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 991 were Agricultural labourer.
