# Purba Nimpur Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Purba Nimpur

Purba Nimpur is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,077 people in 274 households**, the 70th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 1,077people (2011)
- 274households
- 72.6%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Nimpur

Of every 100 households in Purba Nimpur in 2011, 46 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Purba Nimpur · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**31%

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

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**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 ****48%**

**26%

Television ****24%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**33%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Purba Nimpur?

■ Purba Nimpur · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.6%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****766**

**954

Working population ****40.3%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.7% for men and 67.2% for women. 58% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 127 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 132 (30%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 78 (18%) · **■** Marginal 96 (22%)

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

- Chandrail1,145 people
- Katrail1,118 people
- Gopinathpur1,090 people
- Kakna1,089 people
- Madnahar1,066 people
- Santirhati1,062 people
- Bad Sankair1,055 people
- Bandihar1,051 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Nimpur?1,077 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Nimpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Nimpur?72.6% (Census 2011)