# Nishchintapur Village, Bongaon – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Nishchintapur

Nishchintapur is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,617 people in 587 households**, the 53rd largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 2,617people (2011)
- 587households
- 74.9%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nishchintapur

Of every 100 households in Nishchintapur in 2011, 33 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Nishchintapur · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****15%**

**19%

Tap water ****50%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****74%**

**56%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**92%

Use banking services ****15%**

**38%

Television ****11%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****36%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Nishchintapur?

■ Nishchintapur · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.9%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1071**

**962

Working population ****44.9%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.7% for men and 70.0% for women. 57% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 372 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 353 (30%) · **■** Household industry 38 (3%) · **■** Other work 114 (10%) · **■** Marginal 298 (25%)

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

- Ambarpur2,734 people
- Ghatbaor2,711 people
- Jayantipur2,690 people
- Dakshin Baliadanga2,634 people
- Mamudpur2,554 people
- Banglani2,546 people
- Hingli2,534 people
- Gazipur2,515 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 Nishchintapur?2,617 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nishchintapur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nishchintapur?74.9% (Census 2011)