# Nilachigerya Village, Sankrail – Population & Literacy

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Village · Sankrail, Paschim Medinipur 

# Nilachigerya

Nilachigerya is a village in Sankrail sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **268 people in 60 households**, the 158th largest of 247 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 268people (2011)
- 60households
- 81.9%literacy
- 985females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nilachigerya

Of every 100 households in Nilachigerya in 2011, 92 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Nilachigerya · ■ Sankrail rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**32%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****65%**

**51%

Television ****25%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**19%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Nilachigerya?

■ Nilachigerya · ■ Sankrail rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.9%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****985**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1143**

**973

Working population ****31.7%**

**45.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.3% for men and 79.5% for women. 59% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 56 (66%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (21%) · **■** Marginal 11 (13%)

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

- Dangra288 people
- Jambedia288 people
- Babla276 people
- Bhaluk Khulia275 people
- Singla268 people
- Gurkunda263 people
- Parasuli263 people
- Satpukharia262 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nilachigerya?268 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nilachigerya in?Paschim Medinipur district (Sankrail sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nilachigerya?81.9% (Census 2011)