# Nilganja Village, Chandrakona - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Chandrakona - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Nilganja

Nilganja is a village in Chandrakona - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,650 people in 351 households**, the 20th largest of 122 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.0%.

- 1,650people (2011)
- 351households
- 73.6%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nilganja

Of every 100 households in Nilganja in 2011, 6 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Nilganja · ■ Chandrakona - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**35%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**63%

Tap water ****2%**

**22%

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

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**88%

Use banking services ****28%**

**54%

Television ****6%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**20%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Nilganja?

■ Nilganja · ■ Chandrakona - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.6%**

**77.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**951

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1032**

**974

Working population ****43.3%**

**38.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.2% for men and 64.6% for women. 62% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 204 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 365 (51%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 123 (17%) · **■** Marginal 19 (3%)

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 - II

- Khandanga1,964 people
- Radhaballabhpur1,958 people
- Shyamganja1,932 people
- Chaitanpur1,899 people
- Srirampur Atghara1,577 people
- Metela1,570 people
- Baraakna1,534 people
- Bagpota1,518 people

[All 131 villages in Chandrakona - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/chandrakona-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nilganja?1,650 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nilganja in?Paschim Medinipur district (Chandrakona - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nilganja?73.6% (Census 2011)