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

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Village · Mekliganj, Koch Bihar 

# Purbba Nijtaraf

Purbba Nijtaraf is a village in Mekliganj sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **351 people in 92 households**, the 97th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 351people (2011)
- 92households
- 70.7%literacy
- 1,029females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purbba Nijtaraf

Of every 100 households in Purbba Nijtaraf in 2011, 16 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purbba Nijtaraf · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**74%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****83%**

**69%

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

**1%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****5%**

**36%

Television ****2%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**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 Purbba Nijtaraf?

■ Purbba Nijtaraf · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.7%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1029**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****862**

**930

Working population ****29.3%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.7% for men and 57.5% for women. 51% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 63 (61%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (22%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 6 (6%) · **■** Marginal 10 (10%)

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

- Uttar Dwarikamari405 people
- Buraburi399 people
- Andaran Kharkharia375 people
- Kharija Panisala357 people
- Debottar Buraburi337 people
- Purbba Hemkumari337 people
- Chhota Fulkar Dabri Bajejama306 people
- Chhota Nijtaraf304 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purbba Nijtaraf?351 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purbba Nijtaraf in?Koch Bihar district (Mekliganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purbba Nijtaraf?70.7% (Census 2011)