# Naigachhi Village, Gaighata – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Naigachhi

Naigachhi is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,720 people in 403 households**, the 64th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 1,720people (2011)
- 403households
- 79.5%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Naigachhi

Of every 100 households in Naigachhi in 2011, 84 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Naigachhi · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**3%

Tap water ****6%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**6%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****51%**

**47%

Television ****37%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****5%**

**17%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Naigachhi?

■ Naigachhi · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.5%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****916**

**965

Working population ****34.1%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.7% for men and 71.9% for women. 58% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 95 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 257 (44%) · **■** Household industry 27 (5%) · **■** Other work 184 (31%) · **■** Marginal 23 (4%)

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 Gaighata

- Tegharia1,920 people
- Pipli1,808 people
- Natgram1,742 people
- Ghonja1,724 people
- Goal Bathan1,712 people
- Gopal Baliadanga1,707 people
- Jadabpur1,688 people
- Mayna1,663 people

[All 100 villages in Gaighata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/gaighata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Naigachhi?1,720 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Naigachhi in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Naigachhi?79.5% (Census 2011)