# Nilnagar Village, Santipur, Nadia (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Santipur, Nadia 

# Nilnagar

Nilnagar is a village in Santipur sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **136 people in 40 households**, the 53rd largest of 54 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.5%.

- 136people (2011)
- 40households
- 74.8%literacy
- 838females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nilnagar

Of every 100 households in Nilnagar in 2011, 48 had electricity, 52 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Nilnagar · ■ Santipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****52%**

**68%

No toilet (open defecation) ****45%**

**31%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**66%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**3%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****22%**

**28%

Television ****22%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****65%**

**29%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Nilnagar?

■ Nilnagar · ■ Santipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.8%**

**69.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****838**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****300**

**963

Working population ****41.9%**

**40.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.2% for men and 67.8% for women. 69% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 9 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 36 (63%) · **■** Other work 12 (21%)

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 Santipur

- Umapur647 people
- Pumlia532 people
- Manikdihi463 people
- Chak Bholadanga157 people
- Bhikarchar20 people

[All 65 villages in Santipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/santipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nilnagar?136 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nilnagar in?Nadia district (Santipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nilnagar?74.8% (Census 2011)