Village · Harraiya, Basti
# Nankar

Nankar is a village in Harraiya sub-district of Basti district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 345 people in 59 households, the 922nd largest of 1,457 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.
- 345 people (2011)
- 59 households
- 51.7% literacy
- 1,184 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nankar

Of every 100 households in Nankar in 2011, 44 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 88 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Nankar · ■ Harraiya rural average
- Electricity for lighting 44% 24%
- Toilet within the home 27% 12%
- No toilet (open defecation) 73% 87%
- Tap water 3% 35%
- Drinking water within premises 3% 48%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 6%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 94%
- Use banking services 86% 91%
- Television 15% 16%
- Mobile phone 88% 71%
- Computer with internet 2% 1%
- Two-wheeler 10% 16%
- Car / jeep / van 5% 3%
- None of these assets 3% 6%
- Own their home 100% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Nankar?

■ Nankar · ■ Harraiya rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 51.7% 66.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1184 967
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1269 928
- Working population 31.0% 31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.1% for men and 45.5% for women. 55% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 37 (35%) · ■ Farm labourers 27 (25%) · ■ Household industry 1 (1%) · ■ Other work 1 (1%) · ■ Marginal 41 (38%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Harraiya
- Judhaipur 348 people
- Majha Bhatna 347 people
- Marhari 346 people
- Bijara 345 people
- Umriya 345 people
- Pabrewa 344 people
- Jiv Narainpur 343 people
- Baigalpur Khurd 342 people

All 1,527 villages in Harraiya

## Other places named Nankar
- Nankar · Village, Shahabad, Rampur · 1,688 people
- Nankar · Village, Alinagar, Darbhanga · 1,654 people
- Nankar · Village, Narkatiaganj, Pashchim Champaran · 1,339 people
- Nankar · Village, Milak, Rampur · 1,207 people
- Nankar · Village, Patharkandi, Karimganj · 1,018 people
- Nankar · Village, Lauriya, Pashchim Champaran · 983 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Nankar? 345 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nankar in? Basti district (Harraiya sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Nankar? 51.7% (Census 2011)

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