# Nawabad Village, Rajarhat – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Rajarhat, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Nawabad

Nawabad is a village in Rajarhat sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,277 people in 505 households**, the 18th largest of 30 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.9%.

- 2,277people (2011)
- 505households
- 80.1%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nawabad

Of every 100 households in Nawabad in 2011, 77 had electricity, 82 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Nawabad · ■ Rajarhat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****77%**

**81%

Toilet within the home ****82%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****17%**

**11%

Tap water ****3%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**54%

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

**27%

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

**68%

Use banking services ****41%**

**58%

Television ****60%**

**54%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**4%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**19%

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

**6%

None of these assets ****12%**

**8%

Own their home ****100%**

**92%

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 Nawabad?

■ Nawabad · ■ Rajarhat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.1%**

**81.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****792**

**915

Working population ****29.8%**

**31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.2% for men and 72.5% for women. 53% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 200 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 162 (24%) · **■** Household industry 26 (4%) · **■** Other work 274 (40%) · **■** Marginal 16 (2%)

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 Rajarhat

- Dharsamoktarpur2,566 people
- Panapukuria2,522 people
- Chhapna2,519 people
- Hudarait2,369 people
- Kasinathpur2,166 people
- Bazetaraf2,051 people
- Kadampukur1,981 people
- Ganragari1,907 people

[All 31 villages in Rajarhat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/rajarhat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nawabad?2,277 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nawabad in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Rajarhat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nawabad?80.1% (Census 2011)