# Nandalal Village, Naxalbari, Darjiling (West Bengal)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/darjiling/naxalbari/nandalal/

Village · Naxalbari, Darjiling 

# Nandalal

Nandalal is a village in Naxalbari sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,522 people in 313 households**, the 23rd largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 1,522people (2011)
- 313households
- 68.4%literacy
- 997females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nandalal

Of every 100 households in Nandalal in 2011, 66 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Nandalal · ■ Naxalbari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**67%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**48%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**52%

Tap water ****13%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**39%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**16%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**83%

Use banking services ****15%**

**34%

Television ****36%**

**48%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****28%**

**19%

Own their home ****99%**

**78%

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 Nandalal?

■ Nandalal · ■ Naxalbari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.4%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****997**

**983

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1067**

**966

Working population ****35.1%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.7% for men and 61.9% for women. 56% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 163 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 57 (11%) · **■** Household industry 15 (3%) · **■** Other work 269 (50%) · **■** Marginal 30 (6%)

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 Naxalbari

- Batlabari1,813 people
- Deomani1,735 people
- Budhkaran1,632 people
- Naksalbari1,618 people
- Atal1,487 people
- Bhujia Bani1,487 people
- Barajharu1,465 people
- Fakna1,424 people

[All 94 villages in Naxalbari](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/darjiling/naxalbari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nandalal?1,522 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nandalal in?Darjiling district (Naxalbari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nandalal?68.4% (Census 2011)