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

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Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Nehamba

Nehamba is a village in Gangarampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,836 people in 636 households**, the 15th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.

- 2,836people (2011)
- 636households
- 80.3%literacy
- 906females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nehamba

Of every 100 households in Nehamba in 2011, 18 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Nehamba · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**32%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****5%**

**27%

Television ****3%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****62%**

**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 Nehamba?

■ Nehamba · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.3%**

**71.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****906**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****768**

**936

Working population ****32.9%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.4% for men and 77.0% for women. 56% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 393 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 318 (34%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 83 (9%) · **■** Marginal 137 (15%)

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

- Kadighat3,329 people
- Karial3,038 people
- Katatair3,020 people
- Boaldaha2,889 people
- Keshabpur2,834 people
- Ashokgram2,632 people
- Jahangirpur2,560 people
- Chalun2,527 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nehamba?2,836 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nehamba in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nehamba?80.3% (Census 2011)