# Fakirpur Village, Nabagram, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Nabagram, Murshidabad 

# Fakirpur

Fakirpur is a village in Nabagram sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,980 people in 530 households**, the 42nd largest of 109 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 1,980people (2011)
- 530households
- 61.0%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Fakirpur

Of every 100 households in Fakirpur in 2011, 15 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Fakirpur · ■ Nabagram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**13%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****78%**

**58%

Television ****11%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****70%**

**37%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Fakirpur?

■ Fakirpur · ■ Nabagram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.0%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1048**

**965

Working population ****33.2%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.8% for men and 53.9% for women. 58% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 257 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 203 (31%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 47 (7%) · **■** Marginal 147 (22%)

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 Nabagram

- Kanfala2,109 people
- Palsa2,084 people
- Milki Palasi2,022 people
- Raghupur1,991 people
- Garra1,938 people
- Narayanpur1,934 people
- Madhunia1,821 people
- Bagmara1,817 people

[All 118 villages in Nabagram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/nabagram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Fakirpur?1,980 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Fakirpur in?Murshidabad district (Nabagram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Fakirpur?61.0% (Census 2011)