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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Nihinagar

Nihinagar is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **437 people in 102 households**, the 185th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 437people (2011)
- 102households
- 55.8%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nihinagar

Of every 100 households in Nihinagar in 2011, 33 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 3 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Nihinagar · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**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 ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****0%**

**26%

Television ****16%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****3%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****48%**

**33%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Nihinagar?

■ Nihinagar · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.8%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****966**

**954

Working population ****59.3%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.3% for men and 57.4% for women. 61% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 250 (97%) · **■** Other work 8 (3%) · **■** Marginal 1 (0%)

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

- Nahirkuri452 people
- Rampara450 people
- Uttar Kasrail450 people
- Saralbati449 people
- Shishrail435 people
- Berali434 people
- Shalgaon433 people
- Enayetpur432 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nihinagar?437 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nihinagar in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nihinagar?55.8% (Census 2011)