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

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Village · Mekliganj, Koch Bihar 

# Paschim Nijtaraf

Paschim Nijtaraf is a village in Mekliganj sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,093 people in 277 households**, the 35th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 1,093people (2011)
- 277households
- 72.3%literacy
- 875females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paschim Nijtaraf

Of every 100 households in Paschim Nijtaraf in 2011, 0 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Paschim Nijtaraf · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**74%

Tap water ****3%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****88%**

**69%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****72%**

**93%

Use banking services ****22%**

**36%

Television ****7%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****41%**

**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 Paschim Nijtaraf?

■ Paschim Nijtaraf · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.3%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****875**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****622**

**930

Working population ****33.1%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.8% for men and 64.1% for women. 55% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 194 (54%) · **■** Farm labourers 62 (17%) · **■** Household industry 10 (3%) · **■** Other work 68 (19%) · **■** Marginal 28 (8%)

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

- Madhya Jamaldaha1,187 people
- Andaran Panisala1,144 people
- Fulkardabri Kharkharia1,122 people
- Uttar Alokjhari1,109 people
- Panisala Dwitia Khanda1,078 people
- Dakshin Fulkardabri1,063 people
- Uttar Fulkar Dabri Bajejama1,049 people
- Fulkardabri1,044 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paschim Nijtaraf?1,093 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paschim Nijtaraf in?Koch Bihar district (Mekliganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paschim Nijtaraf?72.3% (Census 2011)