# Nagarkachua Village, Basirhat - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basirhat - II, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Nagarkachua

Nagarkachua is a village in Basirhat - II sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,597 people in 362 households**, the 46th largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.6%.

- 1,597people (2011)
- 362households
- 75.4%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nagarkachua

Of every 100 households in Nagarkachua in 2011, 41 had electricity, 63 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Nagarkachua · ■ Basirhat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****63%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****37%**

**22%

Tap water ****3%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**93%

Use banking services ****26%**

**41%

Television ****13%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**26%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Nagarkachua?

■ Nagarkachua · ■ Basirhat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.4%**

**77.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****841**

**969

Working population ****48.0%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.9% for men and 71.6% for women. 65% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 50 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 80 (10%) · **■** Household industry 14 (2%) · **■** Other work 397 (52%) · **■** Marginal 226 (29%)

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 Basirhat - II

- Bakpukhuria1,875 people
- Karulia1,831 people
- Chak Farasatpur1,769 people
- Swaruppur1,687 people
- Akatpur1,473 people
- Katiarbag1,430 people
- Rajapur1,423 people
- Bishnupur1,400 people

[All 67 villages in Basirhat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/basirhat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nagarkachua?1,597 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nagarkachua in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Basirhat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nagarkachua?75.4% (Census 2011)