# Nilpura Village, Contai - III, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Nilpura

Nilpura is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **795 people in 147 households**, the 72nd largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 795people (2011)
- 147households
- 90.2%literacy
- 906females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nilpura

Of every 100 households in Nilpura in 2011, 86 had electricity, 64 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Nilpura · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****64%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****36%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**20%

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

**2%

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

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****10%**

**42%

Television ****30%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**94%

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 Nilpura?

■ Nilpura · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.2%**

**89.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****906**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****754**

**948

Working population ****62.0%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.1% for men and 81.8% for women. 65% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 381 (77%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 111 (23%)

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 Contai - III

- Ghatbarkhangurguri834 people
- Durmut Ist Part831 people
- Sapai821 people
- Gopalpur 4Th Part813 people
- Kakhuria789 people
- Uttar Pithulia788 people
- Bara Rasulpur786 people
- Purba Fatepur780 people

[All 166 villages in Contai - III](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-iii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nilpura?795 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nilpura in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nilpura?90.2% (Census 2011)