# Nazirpur Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Nazirpur

Nazirpur is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,175 people in 291 households**, the 56th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 1,175people (2011)
- 291households
- 80.1%literacy
- 1,058females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nazirpur

Of every 100 households in Nazirpur in 2011, 31 had electricity, 47 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Nazirpur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****47%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****53%**

**65%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****57%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**90%

Use banking services ****43%**

**41%

Television ****25%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****23%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Nazirpur?

■ Nazirpur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.1%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1058**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1373**

**965

Working population ****34.0%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.8% for men and 75.5% for women. 58% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 107 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 99 (25%) · **■** Household industry 40 (10%) · **■** Other work 80 (20%) · **■** Marginal 73 (18%)

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 Balurghat

- Kumargram1,196 people
- Bara1,193 people
- Lakshmipur1,190 people
- Osail1,186 people
- Bidaypur1,162 people
- Badbangi1,159 people
- Paschim Kalikapur1,151 people
- Badalpur1,132 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nazirpur?1,175 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nazirpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nazirpur?80.1% (Census 2011)