# Nowadihi Village, Hirbandh, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Hirbandh, Bankura 

# Nowadihi

Nowadihi is a village in Hirbandh sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **516 people in 128 households**, the 58th largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.2%.

- 516people (2011)
- 128households
- 46.7%literacy
- 1,008females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nowadihi

Of every 100 households in Nowadihi in 2011, 33 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Nowadihi · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****20%**

**50%

Television ****8%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****50%**

**31%

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 Nowadihi?

■ Nowadihi · ■ Hirbandh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****46.7%**

**64.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1008**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****933**

**969

Working population ****41.5%**

**44.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.5% for men and 34.2% for women. 57% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 38 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (11%) · **■** Other work 56 (26%) · **■** Marginal 97 (45%)

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 Hirbandh

- Lachaipur551 people
- Naria549 people
- Kundurka531 people
- Bauridihi529 people
- Palashbani513 people
- Bhedua510 people
- Jadurbankata503 people
- Kadia488 people

[All 121 villages in Hirbandh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/hirbandh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nowadihi?516 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nowadihi in?Bankura district (Hirbandh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nowadihi?46.7% (Census 2011)