# Nijkashba Village, Khejuri - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Khejuri - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Nijkashba

Nijkashba is a village in Khejuri - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,435 people in 497 households**, the 15th largest of 97 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 85.4%.

- 2,435people (2011)
- 497households
- 78.6%literacy
- 985females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nijkashba

Of every 100 households in Nijkashba in 2011, 8 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Nijkashba · ■ Khejuri - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****11%**

**9%

Tap water ****96%**

**10%

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

**2%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**96%

Use banking services ****25%**

**36%

Television ****10%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**2%

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

**2%

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

**28%

Own their home ****96%**

**96%

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 Nijkashba?

■ Nijkashba · ■ Khejuri - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.6%**

**85.4%

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

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****743**

**977

Working population ****32.7%**

**33.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.3% for men and 73.0% for women. 54% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 111 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 205 (26%) · **■** Household industry 20 (3%) · **■** Other work 275 (35%) · **■** Marginal 186 (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 Khejuri - II

- Boga2,824 people
- Janka2,804 people
- Kartik Khali2,772 people
- Ajan Bari2,474 people
- Mada Khali2,323 people
- Shyampur2,198 people
- Kasaria2,062 people
- Matilal Chak1,980 people

[All 99 villages in Khejuri - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/khejuri-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nijkashba?2,435 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nijkashba in?Purba Medinipur district (Khejuri - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nijkashba?78.6% (Census 2011)