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

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Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Nilahari

Nilahari is a village in Gangarampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **477 people in 116 households**, the 143rd largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.

- 477people (2011)
- 116households
- 87.4%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nilahari

Of every 100 households in Nilahari in 2011, 22 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Nilahari · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**95%

Use banking services ****16%**

**27%

Television ****6%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****55%**

**37%

Own their home ****90%**

**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 Nilahari?

■ Nilahari · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.4%**

**71.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****931**

**936

Working population ****39.2%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.1% for men and 82.4% for women. 64% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 45 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 115 (61%) · **■** Other work 11 (6%) · **■** Marginal 16 (9%)

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

- Antal507 people
- Nehatair503 people
- Shyampur497 people
- Garoa491 people
- Khatia Bandha476 people
- Rayshali476 people
- Bhuinhara464 people
- Shrirampur461 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nilahari?477 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nilahari in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nilahari?87.4% (Census 2011)