Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur
# Noksha

Noksha is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,698 people in 409 households, the 25th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.
- 1,698 people (2011)
- 409 households
- 54.1% literacy
- 930 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Noksha

Of every 100 households in Noksha in 2011, 4 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Noksha · ■ Balurghat rural average
- Electricity for lighting 4% 38%
- Toilet within the home 21% 33%
- No toilet (open defecation) 79% 65%
- Tap water 2% 8%
- Drinking water within premises 45% 47%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 4%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 98% 90%
- Use banking services 44% 41%
- Television 11% 26%
- Mobile phone 31% 37%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 4% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 2%
- None of these assets 14% 26%
- Own their home 99% 97%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Noksha?

■ Noksha · ■ Balurghat rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 54.1% 73.1%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 930 937
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 839 965
- Working population 49.6% 46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.4% for men and 45.3% for women. 57% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 233 (28%) · ■ Farm labourers 107 (13%) · ■ Household industry 11 (1%) · ■ Other work 149 (18%) · ■ Marginal 343 (41%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Balurghat
- Paranpur 1,889 people
- Kaigram 1,826 people
- Badkhorna 1,801 people
- Baul 1,786 people
- Malancha 1,681 people
- Boaldar 1,679 people
- Badamail 1,673 people
- Hossenpur 1,642 people

All 307 villages in Balurghat

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Noksha? 1,698 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Noksha in? Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Noksha? 54.1% (Census 2011)

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