# Nijtaraf Village, Mekliganj, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Mekliganj, Koch Bihar 

# Nijtaraf

Nijtaraf is a village in Mekliganj sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,618 people in 364 households**, the 24th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 1,618people (2011)
- 364households
- 59.4%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nijtaraf

Of every 100 households in Nijtaraf in 2011, 4 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 5 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Nijtaraf · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**74%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****84%**

**69%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**93%

Use banking services ****2%**

**36%

Television ****4%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****5%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**38%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Nijtaraf?

■ Nijtaraf · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.4%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****976**

**930

Working population ****28.5%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.1% for men and 52.2% for women. 50% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 205 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 202 (44%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 26 (6%) · **■** Marginal 25 (5%)

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 Mekliganj

- Mekliganj1,935 people
- Bara Thunkinjhar1,821 people
- Chhota Kuchlibari1,716 people
- Shikarpur1,643 people
- Brahmattar Kuchlibari1,595 people
- Bagdokara1,453 people
- Kharija Jamaldaha1,331 people
- Andaran Nijtaraf1,264 people

[All 186 villages in Mekliganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/mekliganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nijtaraf?1,618 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nijtaraf in?Koch Bihar district (Mekliganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nijtaraf?59.4% (Census 2011)