Nikum observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
Temples near Nikum
Named places of worship on record
By population, Nikum ranks #30 of 159 villages in Birsa mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Nikum is a village of 1,361 people in 286 households (Census 2011) in Birsa tehsil, Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh, the 30th-largest of 159 villages in Birsa tehsil. Literacy is 71%, 15 points above the tehsil average of 55% and the sex ratio is 1,056 women per 1,000 men. It lies 101 km from the Balaghat district centre, 56 km from Bamhani Banjar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 481116, served by Malanjkhand post office; the LGD village code is 498182. The nearest hospital or health centre is Malanjik copper project hospital, 7 km away. The sarpanch is urmila saiyyam, and the village votes in Paraswada assembly constituency, represented by MLA Madhu Bhau Bhagat. The population is estimated at 1,605 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Nikum →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nikum · this village | 1,361 | 71% | — |
| Basinkhar · Birsa | 773 | 60% | 1.5 km NW |
| Baherakhar · Birsa | 460 | 57% | 2.7 km NW |
| Bhandarpur · Birsa | 1,422 | 64% | 3.5 km SW |
| Tingipur · Birsa | 1,932 | 66% | 4.5 km S |
| Bhimlat · Birsa | 838 | 65% | 4.3 km NW |
| Chakarwahi · Birsa | 947 | 67% | 6.9 km S |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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