No one can give the exact number of back links which you will required in this month but yes target your Niche back links and you will see there is certainly an improvement.
Niche relevant sites and backlinks from all kinds of sites.I would mix them up. .edu links are good, but not the holly grail. The best backlinks are from niche relevant sites, but in general a good mix is important to appear natural in Google's eyes.
No one can give the exact number of back links which you will required in this month but yes target your Niche back links and you will see there is certainly an improvement.
It is quality over quantity. Every backlink that is coming from a quality and relevant site is considered as a good backlink, whether it is nofollow or dofollow.
Niche backlinks are the most powerful resource of backlink building. If you are able in generating niche based links. You will automatically see the huge improvement in rankings.
No one has any defined number of backlinks to be created at any given month, it depends on us. We can create 2000 backlinks which may not be qualitative while we can create 20 backlinks that are relevant & quality.
Niche backlinks are targeted advertising.
They're relevant to your specific focal area, and they reach your target audience without wasting your time and money on non-converting traffic.