# Nikarika Village, Marihan, Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Marihan, Mirzapur 

# Nikarika

Nikarika is a village in Marihan sub-district of Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,960 people in 375 households**, the 35th largest of 211 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 61.0%.

- 1,960people (2011)
- 375households
- 64.1%literacy
- 998females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nikarika

Of every 100 households in Nikarika in 2011, 24 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Nikarika · ■ Marihan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**82%

Tap water ****2%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****98%**

**85%

Television ****32%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****4%**

**14%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Nikarika?

■ Nikarika · ■ Marihan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.1%**

**61.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****998**

**921

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1106**

**939

Working population ****60.4%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.8% for men and 52.2% for women. 67% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 413 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 175 (15%) · **■** Household industry 22 (2%) · **■** Other work 164 (14%) · **■** Marginal 409 (35%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Marihan

- Rah Kalan2,216 people
- Darwan2,178 people
- Kotwa Pandey2,077 people
- Khatkharia2,037 people
- Raikara1,943 people
- Raikari1,914 people
- Hardi Mishr1,913 people
- Dhanawal1,878 people

[All 221 villages in Marihan](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mirzapur/marihan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nikarika?1,960 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nikarika in?Mirzapur district (Marihan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Nikarika?64.1% (Census 2011)