# Nayagan Village, Sankrail, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Sankrail, Paschim Medinipur 

# Nayagan

Nayagan is a village in Sankrail sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **318 people in 68 households**, the 139th largest of 247 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 318people (2011)
- 68households
- 57.3%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nayagan

Of every 100 households in Nayagan in 2011, 49 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 88 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Nayagan · ■ Sankrail rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**32%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**94%

Use banking services ****14%**

**51%

Television ****32%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****88%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****0%**

**19%

Own their home ****82%**

**99%

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 Nayagan?

■ Nayagan · ■ Sankrail rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.3%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****882**

**973

Working population ****59.4%**

**45.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.8% for men and 46.4% for women. 60% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 25 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 153 (81%) · **■** Other work 9 (5%) · **■** Marginal 2 (1%)

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 Sankrail

- Bhurkundi342 people
- Sona Kundra341 people
- Gokulpur340 people
- Nuniasol330 people
- Dhagari311 people
- Sonakhali311 people
- Bhurkundi310 people
- Rangamatia310 people

[All 287 villages in Sankrail](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/sankrail/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nayagan?318 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nayagan in?Paschim Medinipur district (Sankrail sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nayagan?57.3% (Census 2011)