# Nurpur Village, Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum 

# Nurpur

Nurpur is a village in Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,519 people in 830 households**, the 9th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 3,519people (2011)
- 830households
- 80.2%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nurpur

Of every 100 households in Nurpur in 2011, 50 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Nurpur · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**73%

Tap water ****51%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**82%

Use banking services ****33%**

**61%

Television ****25%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**24%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 Nurpur?

■ Nurpur · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.2%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**968

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1223**

**972

Working population ****38.6%**

**42.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.9% for men and 72.8% for women. 59% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 148 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 198 (15%) · **■** Household industry 95 (7%) · **■** Other work 736 (54%) · **■** Marginal 183 (13%)

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 Bolpur Sriniketan

- Gayeshpur3,825 people
- Ruppur3,803 people
- Syambati3,635 people
- Saturia3,534 people
- Dwarkanathpur3,363 people
- Muluk3,361 people
- Nahina3,332 people
- Khosh Kadambapur3,102 people

[All 169 villages in Bolpur Sriniketan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/bolpur-sriniketan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nurpur?3,519 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nurpur in?Birbhum district (Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nurpur?80.2% (Census 2011)