# Nijpapan Village, Debra, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Debra, Paschim Medinipur 

# Nijpapan

Nijpapan is a village in Debra sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,051 people in 229 households**, the 67th largest of 460 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.8%.

- 1,051people (2011)
- 229households
- 89.2%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nijpapan

Of every 100 households in Nijpapan in 2011, 58 had electricity, 67 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Nijpapan · ■ Debra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****67%**

**63%

No toilet (open defecation) ****21%**

**34%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**95%

Use banking services ****33%**

**50%

Television ****42%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Nijpapan?

■ Nijpapan · ■ Debra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.2%**

**81.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****967**

**988

Working population ****33.8%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.9% for men and 86.3% for women. 58% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 27 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (3%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 150 (42%) · **■** Marginal 166 (47%)

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 Debra

- Pandat1,080 people
- Gobindapur1,069 people
- Gopinathpur1,069 people
- Hanuman Dihi1,063 people
- Talbandi1,034 people
- Mamudabad1,031 people
- Hadla1,021 people
- Bakalsa Ramnarayan1,020 people

[All 477 villages in Debra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/debra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nijpapan?1,051 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nijpapan in?Paschim Medinipur district (Debra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nijpapan?89.2% (Census 2011)