# Nayagram Village, Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur 

# Nayagram

Nayagram is a village in Midnapore sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,063 people in 455 households**, the 25th largest of 232 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 2,063people (2011)
- 455households
- 66.6%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nayagram

Of every 100 households in Nayagram in 2011, 67 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Nayagram · ■ Midnapore rural average

Electricity for lighting ****67%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**68%

Tap water ****5%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**90%

Use banking services ****30%**

**32%

Television ****18%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**25%

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 Nayagram?

■ Nayagram · ■ Midnapore rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.6%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1050**

**968

Working population ****41.7%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.5% for men and 58.4% for women. 60% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 229 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 82 (10%) · **■** Household industry 14 (2%) · **■** Other work 85 (10%) · **■** Marginal 450 (52%)

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 Midnapore

- Bishra2,234 people
- Hosenabad2,201 people
- Dherua2,119 people
- Birsinghapur2,073 people
- Pachra1,813 people
- Dakshin Amchhatagolapi Chak1,808 people
- Kamalapur1,762 people
- Maharajpur1,761 people

[All 271 villages in Midnapore](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/midnapore/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nayagram?2,063 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nayagram in?Paschim Medinipur district (Midnapore sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nayagram?66.6% (Census 2011)