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

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Village · Mayureswar - I, Birbhum 

# Nandigram

Nandigram is a village in Mayureswar - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,219 people in 336 households**, the 41st largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 1,219people (2011)
- 336households
- 71.5%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nandigram

Of every 100 households in Nandigram in 2011, 47 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Nandigram · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**81%

Tap water ****60%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**92%

Use banking services ****33%**

**55%

Television ****19%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****40%**

**32%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Nandigram?

■ Nandigram · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.5%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1089**

**975

Working population ****36.2%**

**40.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.8% for men and 62.8% for women. 60% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 71 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 184 (42%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 27 (6%) · **■** Marginal 156 (35%)

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

- Amba1,430 people
- Pathai1,348 people
- Gourbazar1,312 people
- Kamra1,270 people
- Jamalpur1,199 people
- Bhalian1,169 people
- Majurhati1,152 people
- Kumudda1,149 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nandigram?1,219 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nandigram in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nandigram?71.5% (Census 2011)