# Nakat Village, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Nakat

Nakat is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **233 people in 54 households**, the 263rd largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 233people (2011)
- 54households
- 69.2%literacy
- 1,402females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nakat

Of every 100 households in Nakat in 2011, 89 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Nakat · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****89%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**86%

Tap water ****2%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**30%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**97%

Use banking services ****43%**

**34%

Television ****6%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**17%

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 Nakat?

■ Nakat · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.2%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1402**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1273**

**979

Working population ****34.3%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.0% for men and 57.4% for women. 51% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 20 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 37 (46%) · **■** Other work 6 (8%) · **■** Marginal 17 (21%)

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 Jhargram

- Jamsola242 people
- Chauli238 people
- Narda237 people
- Rangunya234 people
- Godarasta232 people
- Khejurgerya232 people
- Jangal Khas231 people
- Dudhkuri230 people

[All 604 villages in Jhargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jhargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nakat?233 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nakat in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nakat?69.2% (Census 2011)