# Nahit Village, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Nahit

Nahit is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,630 people in 972 households**, the 1st largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 4,630people (2011)
- 972households
- 64.8%literacy
- 1,017females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nahit

Of every 100 households in Nahit in 2011, 32 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Nahit · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****8%**

**18%

Television ****10%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

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

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Nahit?

■ Nahit · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.8%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1017**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****930**

**955

Working population ****30.1%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.9% for men and 62.8% for women. 50% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 617 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 452 (32%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 85 (6%) · **■** Marginal 236 (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 Kushmundi

- Kushmundi3,948 people
- Karangi3,772 people
- Kasba3,710 people
- Ukhalia3,432 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nahit?4,630 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nahit in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nahit?64.8% (Census 2011)