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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Nischinta

Nischinta is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **696 people in 164 households**, the 128th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 696people (2011)
- 164households
- 69.6%literacy
- 933females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nischinta

Of every 100 households in Nischinta in 2011, 28 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Nischinta · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****53%**

**94%

Use banking services ****8%**

**26%

Television ****20%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**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 Nischinta?

■ Nischinta · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.6%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1057**

**954

Working population ****49.3%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.3% for men and 66.6% for women. 59% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 31 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 21 (6%) · **■** Household industry 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 65 (19%) · **■** Marginal 219 (64%)

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

- Durgapur714 people
- Dakshin Gauripur713 people
- Chandipur700 people
- Kamdebbati698 people
- Shribai695 people
- Majhi Khanda694 people
- Kauli690 people
- Manipur687 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nischinta?696 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nischinta in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nischinta?69.6% (Census 2011)