# Narai Village, Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Narai

Narai is a village in Gangarampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,712 people in 390 households**, the 39th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.

- 1,712people (2011)
- 390households
- 80.0%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Narai

Of every 100 households in Narai in 2011, 47 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Narai · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**32%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****19%**

**27%

Television ****20%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**37%

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 Narai?

■ Narai · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.0%**

**71.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****690**

**936

Working population ****33.9%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.9% for men and 73.9% for women. 56% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 257 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 150 (26%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 76 (13%) · **■** Marginal 96 (17%)

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 Gangarampur

- Phulbari1,864 people
- Jagadishpur1,796 people
- Mallikpur1,794 people
- Nandair1,725 people
- Madhabpur1,711 people
- Panchagram1,706 people
- Thengapara1,692 people
- Purbba Bishnupur1,654 people

[All 202 villages in Gangarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/gangarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Narai?1,712 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Narai in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Narai?80.0% (Census 2011)