# Nijdanta Village, Egra - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Nijdanta

Nijdanta is a village in Egra - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **758 people in 159 households**, the 71st largest of 115 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 758people (2011)
- 159households
- 84.2%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nijdanta

Of every 100 households in Nijdanta in 2011, 64 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Nijdanta · ■ Egra - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**4%

Tap water ****2%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****37%**

**33%

Television ****24%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**32%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Nijdanta?

■ Nijdanta · ■ Egra - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.2%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1070**

**953

Working population ****33.5%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.3% for men and 77.5% for women. 62% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 22 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (5%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 57 (22%) · **■** Marginal 161 (63%)

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 Egra - II

- Alipur814 people
- Darbar Khan Bar766 people
- Egra Patna758 people
- Mirjapur758 people
- Ariapota677 people
- Madhabpur669 people
- Dakshin Choumukh667 people
- Sarisha664 people

[All 117 villages in Egra - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nijdanta?758 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nijdanta in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nijdanta?84.2% (Census 2011)