# Nahara Village, Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Nahara

Nahara is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **440 people in 101 households**, the 128th largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 440people (2011)
- 101households
- 89.2%literacy
- 905females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nahara

Of every 100 households in Nahara in 2011, 77 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Nahara · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****77%**

**36%

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

**26%

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

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****34%**

**25%

Television ****54%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Nahara?

■ Nahara · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.2%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****905**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1462**

**951

Working population ****31.8%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.3% for men and 86.8% for women. 57% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 135 (96%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 2 (1%)

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 Kumarganj

- Chhatintair480 people
- Parial477 people
- Harispur452 people
- Chhota-Haripur442 people
- Chak Mamudi437 people
- Debipur437 people
- Sundartala433 people
- Chausha432 people

[All 218 villages in Kumarganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kumarganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nahara?440 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nahara in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nahara?89.2% (Census 2011)