# Nesta Village, Ratua - II, Maldah (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Ratua - II, Maldah 

# Nesta

Nesta is a village in Ratua - II sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,257 people in 518 households**, the 31st largest of 48 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 56.2%.

- 2,257people (2011)
- 518households
- 65.0%literacy
- 881females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nesta

Of every 100 households in Nesta in 2011, 39 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Nesta · ■ Ratua - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**70%

Tap water ****3%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**85%

Use banking services ****23%**

**22%

Television ****12%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**42%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Nesta?

■ Nesta · ■ Ratua - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.0%**

**56.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****881**

**963

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****783**

**967

Working population ****33.0%**

**30.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.2% for men and 56.9% for women. 53% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 76 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 140 (19%) · **■** Household industry 24 (3%) · **■** Other work 257 (35%) · **■** Marginal 247 (33%)

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 Ratua - II

- Gobarjana3,286 people
- Elahabad2,913 people
- Ballabhpur2,810 people
- Shripur2,687 people
- Uttar Marichabishanpur1,896 people
- Pirpur1,847 people
- Gobindapur1,812 people
- Bishanpur1,589 people

[All 51 villages in Ratua - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/ratua-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nesta?2,257 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nesta in?Maldah district (Ratua - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nesta?65.0% (Census 2011)