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

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Nurpur

Nurpur is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **618 people in 149 households**, the 122nd largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 618people (2011)
- 149households
- 80.9%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nurpur

Of every 100 households in Nurpur in 2011, 37 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Nurpur · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****0%**

**18%

Television ****9%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**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 Nurpur?

■ Nurpur · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.9%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1079**

**955

Working population ****27.0%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.8% for men and 77.9% for women. 48% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 133 (80%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (11%) · **■** Other work 5 (3%) · **■** Marginal 10 (6%)

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

- Shrirampur639 people
- Padamkuri637 people
- Chandpur630 people
- Narayanpur628 people
- Raypur612 people
- Pathanpara611 people
- Sarenga609 people
- Debipur600 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nurpur?618 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nurpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nurpur?80.9% (Census 2011)