# Nistia Village, Mayureswar - II, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mayureswar - II, Birbhum 

# Nistia

Nistia is a village in Mayureswar - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **605 people in 136 households**, the 74th largest of 125 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 605people (2011)
- 136households
- 75.6%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nistia

Of every 100 households in Nistia in 2011, 14 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Nistia · ■ Mayureswar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**38%

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

**19%

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

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**18%

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

**3%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****16%**

**23%

Television ****7%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**41%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Nistia?

■ Nistia · ■ Mayureswar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.6%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1222**

**963

Working population ****54.5%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.5% for men and 66.0% for women. 73% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 93 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 47 (14%) · **■** Other work 7 (2%) · **■** Marginal 183 (55%)

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 - II

- Amchua648 people
- Paramtor619 people
- Dadpur613 people
- Akuni610 people
- Tilpara583 people
- Chhota Bataspur581 people
- Mathbahara559 people
- Sultanpur548 people

[All 131 villages in Mayureswar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nistia?605 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nistia in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nistia?75.6% (Census 2011)