# Paresnathpur Village, Nawda, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Nawda, Murshidabad 

# Paresnathpur

Paresnathpur is a village in Nawda sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,264 people in 591 households**, the 23rd largest of 28 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.1%.

- 2,264people (2011)
- 591households
- 79.4%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paresnathpur

Of every 100 households in Paresnathpur in 2011, 56 had electricity, 59 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Paresnathpur · ■ Nawda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****59%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****41%**

**52%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****77%**

**64%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**95%

Use banking services ****61%**

**29%

Television ****28%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**28%

Own their home ****89%**

**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 Paresnathpur?

■ Paresnathpur · ■ Nawda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.4%**

**66.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****922**

**969

Working population ****34.1%**

**32.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.8% for men and 74.8% for women. 63% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 229 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 228 (30%) · **■** Household industry 25 (3%) · **■** Other work 138 (18%) · **■** Marginal 152 (20%)

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

- Gangadhari5,268 people
- Dudhsar4,562 people
- Sakua3,450 people
- Dakatiapota2,655 people
- Ghoramara2,111 people
- Sibnagar1,869 people
- Chandabad1,811 people
- Moktarapur1,741 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paresnathpur?2,264 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paresnathpur in?Murshidabad district (Nawda sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paresnathpur?79.4% (Census 2011)