# Nurpur Village, Sagardighi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Sagardighi, Murshidabad 

# Nurpur

Nurpur is a village in Sagardighi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **539 people in 115 households**, the 131st largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 539people (2011)
- 115households
- 55.3%literacy
- 898females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nurpur

Of every 100 households in Nurpur in 2011, 17 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Nurpur · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**18%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****61%**

**20%

Television ****5%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****55%**

**39%

Own their home ****97%**

**95%

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 · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.3%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****898**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****854**

**954

Working population ****40.3%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.6% for men and 52.7% for women. 53% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 12 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 81 (37%) · **■** Other work 50 (23%) · **■** Marginal 74 (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 Sagardighi

- Narasinghapur571 people
- Hosenpur568 people
- Hukumapur543 people
- Tokardanga543 people
- Pardiar536 people
- Chak Ghachua508 people
- Tantibiral482 people
- Sinheswari473 people

[All 197 villages in Sagardighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/sagardighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nurpur?539 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nurpur in?Murshidabad district (Sagardighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nurpur?55.3% (Census 2011)