# Nahala Village, Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Nahala

Nahala is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,420 people in 294 households**, the 61st largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 1,420people (2011)
- 294households
- 86.0%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nahala

Of every 100 households in Nahala in 2011, 71 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Nahala · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****71%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****14%**

**19%

Tap water ****2%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**90%

Use banking services ****32%**

**44%

Television ****35%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**17%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Nahala?

■ Nahala · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.0%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****810**

**942

Working population ****38.3%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.2% for men and 78.4% for women. 60% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 69 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 120 (22%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 203 (37%) · **■** Marginal 151 (28%)

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 Kolaghat

- Patharia1,665 people
- Kismat Khayra1,638 people
- Ramchandrapur1,541 people
- Baksitala1,501 people
- Purbba Bahala1,405 people
- Krishna Nagar1,399 people
- Ray Chak1,394 people
- Uttar Markandapur1,381 people

[All 109 villages in Kolaghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/kolaghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nahala?1,420 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nahala in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nahala?86.0% (Census 2011)