# Nowa Para Village, Debra, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Debra, Paschim Medinipur 

# Nowa Para

Nowa Para is a village in Debra sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **825 people in 183 households**, the 106th largest of 460 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.8%.

- 825people (2011)
- 183households
- 79.1%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nowa Para

Of every 100 households in Nowa Para in 2011, 46 had electricity, 59 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Nowa Para · ■ Debra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****59%**

**63%

No toilet (open defecation) ****41%**

**34%

Tap water ****29%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****29%**

**50%

Television ****18%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Nowa Para?

■ Nowa Para · ■ Debra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.1%**

**81.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1083**

**988

Working population ****53.1%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.9% for men and 72.8% for women. 60% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 55 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 102 (23%) · **■** Household industry 50 (11%) · **■** Other work 43 (10%) · **■** Marginal 188 (43%)

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

- Kamalpur832 people
- Purba Satkona827 people
- Bharatpur826 people
- Mokarimpur825 people
- Padima821 people
- Shyam Nagar805 people
- Amba Dighi801 people
- Paikpari800 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nowa Para?825 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nowa Para in?Paschim Medinipur district (Debra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nowa Para?79.1% (Census 2011)