# Nurpur Village, Alipurduar - II, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Alipurduar - II, Jalpaiguri 

# Nurpur

Nurpur is a village in Alipurduar - II sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,860 people in 439 households**, the 54th largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.3%.

- 1,860people (2011)
- 439households
- 62.9%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nurpur

Of every 100 households in Nurpur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Nurpur · ■ Alipurduar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**54%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**45%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**72%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****7%**

**25%

Television ****3%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**94%

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 Nurpur?

■ Nurpur · ■ Alipurduar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.9%**

**75.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****933**

**939

Working population ****32.1%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.8% for men and 56.7% for women. 50% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 71 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 306 (51%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 51 (9%) · **■** Marginal 164 (27%)

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 Alipurduar - II

- Putimari2,040 people
- Bakla2,004 people
- Purba Khalishamari1,982 people
- Mahakalguri1,917 people
- Chilurghat1,849 people
- Dakshin Mahakalguri1,787 people
- Baniadabri1,754 people
- Dakshin Majherdabri1,739 people

[All 78 villages in Alipurduar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/alipurduar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nurpur?1,860 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nurpur in?Jalpaiguri district (Alipurduar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nurpur?62.9% (Census 2011)