Village · Jangipara, Hugli
# Nilarpur

Nilarpur is a village in Jangipara sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 2,692 people in 594 households, the 17th largest of 128 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.
- 2,692 people (2011)
- 594 households
- 68.4% literacy
- 1,092 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nilarpur

Of every 100 households in Nilarpur in 2011, 50 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Nilarpur · ■ Jangipara rural average
- Electricity for lighting 50% 70%
- Toilet within the home 42% 61%
- No toilet (open defecation) 58% 36%
- Tap water 0% 24%
- Drinking water within premises 23% 25%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 6% 9%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 77% 81%
- Use banking services 13% 49%
- Television 18% 38%
- Mobile phone 40% 57%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 12% 15%
- Car / jeep / van 3% 2%
- None of these assets 19% 11%
- Own their home 97% 97%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Nilarpur?

■ Nilarpur · ■ Jangipara rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 68.4% 79.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1092 974
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1153 952
- Working population 37.4% 41.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.9% for men and 63.4% for women. 58% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 143 (14%) · ■ Farm labourers 480 (48%) · ■ Household industry 81 (8%) · ■ Other work 124 (12%) · ■ Marginal 178 (18%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Jangipara
- Pashpur 2,792 people
- Prasadpur 2,791 people
- Radhanagar 2,736 people
- Jangipara 2,700 people
- Atpur 2,623 people
- Purbba Durgapur 2,537 people
- Ganeshbati 2,429 people
- Shirirampur 2,424 people

All 128 villages in Jangipara

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Nilarpur? 2,692 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nilarpur in? Hugli district (Jangipara sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nilarpur? 68.4% (Census 2011)

---
Canonical: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/jangipara/nilarpur/ · Updated 2026-11-03 · Data: national censuses and statistics offices (sources named in each section); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Overture Maps; GeoNames; NASA POWER.