# Nilapat Village, Chandrakona - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Chandrakona - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Nilapat

Nilapat is a village in Chandrakona - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **234 people in 56 households**, the 117th largest of 126 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.9%.

- 234people (2011)
- 56households
- 84.4%literacy
- 1,035females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nilapat

Of every 100 households in Nilapat in 2011, 61 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Nilapat · ■ Chandrakona - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**53%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**29%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**16%

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

**3%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****50%**

**32%

Television ****33%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**20%

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 Nilapat?

■ Nilapat · ■ Chandrakona - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.4%**

**78.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1035**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1556**

**950

Working population ****38.9%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.7% for men and 81.0% for women. 75% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 43 (47%) · **■** Farm labourers 28 (31%) · **■** Other work 18 (20%) · **■** Marginal 2 (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 Chandrakona - I

- Bhadurpur261 people
- Parulya254 people
- Sasagere250 people
- Shyamkuri248 people
- Ramichak211 people
- Khejurbani187 people
- Bhatahar181 people
- Madan Chak165 people

[All 132 villages in Chandrakona - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/chandrakona-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nilapat?234 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nilapat in?Paschim Medinipur district (Chandrakona - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nilapat?84.4% (Census 2011)