# Nurpur Village, Manikchak, Maldah (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Manikchak, Maldah 

# Nurpur

Nurpur is a village in Manikchak sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **14,066 people in 2,933 households**, the 3rd largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.8%.

- 14,066people (2011)
- 2,933households
- 54.7%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nurpur

Of every 100 households in Nurpur in 2011, 19 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Nurpur · ■ Manikchak rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****48%**

**74%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**49%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**85%

Use banking services ****24%**

**30%

Television ****9%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****52%**

**51%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Nurpur?

■ Nurpur · ■ Manikchak rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.7%**

**57.8%

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

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****983**

**950

Working population ****29.0%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.8% for men and 49.3% for women. 49% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 370 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,047 (26%) · **■** Household industry 54 (1%) · **■** Other work 1,228 (30%) · **■** Marginal 1,383 (34%)

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 Manikchak

- Chandipur16,017 people
- Enayetpur14,729 people
- Mathurapur12,755 people
- Uttar Chandipur10,549 people
- Gopalpur9,867 people
- Paschim Chandipur9,522 people

[All 89 villages in Manikchak](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/manikchak/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nurpur?14,066 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nurpur in?Maldah district (Manikchak sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nurpur?54.7% (Census 2011)