# Edrakpur Village, Nawda, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Nawda, Murshidabad 

# Edrakpur

Edrakpur is a village in Nawda sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **12,311 people in 3,011 households**, the 5th largest of 28 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.1%.

- 12,311people (2011)
- 3,011households
- 65.7%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Edrakpur

Of every 100 households in Edrakpur in 2011, 28 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Edrakpur · ■ Nawda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**52%

Tap water ****9%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****61%**

**64%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**95%

Use banking services ****24%**

**29%

Television ****16%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**28%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Edrakpur?

■ Edrakpur · ■ Nawda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.7%**

**66.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****921**

**969

Working population ****32.8%**

**32.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.4% for men and 65.1% for women. 60% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 799 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,395 (35%) · **■** Household industry 158 (4%) · **■** Other work 911 (23%) · **■** Marginal 778 (19%)

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 Nawda

- Bali22,779 people
- Madhupur20,697 people
- Ramnachandpur19,452 people
- Sarbangapur13,898 people
- Chandpur11,880 people
- Raypur11,504 people
- Patikabari11,232 people
- Tungi9,128 people

[All 39 villages in Nawda](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/nawda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Edrakpur?12,311 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Edrakpur in?Murshidabad district (Nawda sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Edrakpur?65.7% (Census 2011)