# Namakanda Village, Mayureswar - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mayureswar - I, Birbhum 

# Namakanda

Namakanda is a village in Mayureswar - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **583 people in 139 households**, the 81st largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 583people (2011)
- 139households
- 90.9%literacy
- 937females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Namakanda

Of every 100 households in Namakanda in 2011, 48 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Namakanda · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**17%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**92%

Use banking services ****96%**

**55%

Television ****36%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****15%**

**32%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Namakanda?

■ Namakanda · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.9%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****937**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1136**

**975

Working population ****42.5%**

**40.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.7% for men and 85.6% for women. 67% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 128 (52%) · **■** Farm labourers 32 (13%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 24 (10%) · **■** Marginal 62 (25%)

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 Mayureswar - I

- Podda614 people
- Layekpur609 people
- Pahana601 people
- Baicha590 people
- Kanksa563 people
- Samachar547 people
- Lokra534 people
- Ram Bhadrapur485 people

[All 113 villages in Mayureswar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Namakanda?583 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Namakanda in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Namakanda?90.9% (Census 2011)