# Nahirkuri Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Nahirkuri

Nahirkuri is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **452 people in 103 households**, the 181st largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 452people (2011)
- 103households
- 63.2%literacy
- 991females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nahirkuri

Of every 100 households in Nahirkuri in 2011, 74 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Nahirkuri · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****74%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**94%

Use banking services ****9%**

**26%

Television ****29%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Nahirkuri?

■ Nahirkuri · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.2%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****991**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1167**

**954

Working population ****48.9%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.9% for men and 53.3% for women. 61% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 46 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 28 (13%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 9 (4%) · **■** Marginal 135 (61%)

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 Tapan

- Rajapur468 people
- Karanjabari464 people
- Panjara459 people
- Pachim Nimpur453 people
- Rampara450 people
- Uttar Kasrail450 people
- Saralbati449 people
- Nihinagar437 people

[All 279 villages in Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nahirkuri?452 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nahirkuri in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nahirkuri?63.2% (Census 2011)