# Nafar Village, Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Nafar

Nafar is a village in Hilli sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,318 people in 326 households**, the 24th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.0%.

- 1,318people (2011)
- 326households
- 75.5%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nafar

Of every 100 households in Nafar in 2011, 58 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Nafar · ■ Hilli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****37%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**60%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****69%**

**54%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****46%**

**86%

Use banking services ****24%**

**36%

Television ****30%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****21%**

**32%

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 Nafar?

■ Nafar · ■ Hilli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.5%**

**76.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****894**

**966

Working population ****59.0%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.4% for men and 67.2% for women. 64% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 116 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 168 (22%) · **■** Household industry 73 (9%) · **■** Other work 128 (16%) · **■** Marginal 292 (38%)

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 Hilli

- Srirampur1,375 people
- Agra1,365 people
- Maniko1,354 people
- Jotghatak1,343 people
- Laskarpur1,311 people
- Chapahat1,293 people
- Sahapur1,223 people
- Dabra1,187 people

[All 82 villages in Hilli](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/hilli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nafar?1,318 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nafar in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Hilli sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nafar?75.5% (Census 2011)