# Nihi Nagar Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Nihi Nagar

Nihi Nagar is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **173 people in 44 households**, the 261st largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 173people (2011)
- 44households
- 75.0%literacy
- 880females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nihi Nagar

Of every 100 households in Nihi Nagar in 2011, 34 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Nihi Nagar · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****34%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****55%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**90%

Use banking services ****53%**

**41%

Television ****55%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****0%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Nihi Nagar?

■ Nihi Nagar · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.0%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****880**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1429**

**965

Working population ****46.8%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.7% for men and 63.4% for women. 67% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 25 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (5%) · **■** Household industry 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 28 (35%) · **■** Marginal 22 (27%)

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

- Gopinathpur187 people
- Damai178 people
- Kesabpur178 people
- Chilimbad173 people
- Asurakrisnabati172 people
- Chakbajit171 people
- Kaliha171 people
- Chak Basanta165 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nihi Nagar?173 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nihi Nagar in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nihi Nagar?75.0% (Census 2011)