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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Naighati

Naighati is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **320 people in 88 households**, the 220th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 320people (2011)
- 88households
- 66.4%literacy
- 860females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Naighati

Of every 100 households in Naighati in 2011, 42 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Naighati · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****0%**

**26%

Television ****8%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****56%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Naighati?

■ Naighati · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.4%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****860**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****850**

**954

Working population ****44.4%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.4% for men and 59.5% for women. 48% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 9 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 109 (77%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 22 (15%)

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

- Maildanga348 people
- Tarajpur344 people
- Sundarpur338 people
- Fatullapur337 people
- Ahera317 people
- Paharpur310 people
- Dhundipara304 people
- Kharikadanga304 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Naighati?320 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Naighati in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Naighati?66.4% (Census 2011)