# Nakful Village, Bongaon – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Nakful

Nakful is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,499 people in 1,092 households**, the 18th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 4,499people (2011)
- 1,092households
- 77.0%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nakful

Of every 100 households in Nakful in 2011, 25 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Nakful · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****24%**

**19%

Tap water ****12%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**92%

Use banking services ****22%**

**38%

Television ****23%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****19%**

**22%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Nakful?

■ Nakful · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.0%**

**79.7%

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

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****792**

**962

Working population ****36.1%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.0% for men and 71.7% for women. 62% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 500 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 608 (37%) · **■** Household industry 17 (1%) · **■** Other work 252 (16%) · **■** Marginal 247 (15%)

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 Bongaon

- Krishnachandrapur4,901 people
- Kundipur4,760 people
- Boaldaha4,552 people
- Arsingri4,511 people
- Bharatpur4,400 people
- Bhashanpota4,376 people
- Dighari4,241 people
- Tengra4,226 people

[All 150 villages in Bongaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bongaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nakful?4,499 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nakful in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nakful?77.0% (Census 2011)