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

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Namalbar

Namalbar is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,900 people in 616 households**, the 30th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 2,900people (2011)
- 616households
- 74.7%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Namalbar

Of every 100 households in Namalbar in 2011, 37 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Namalbar · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****45%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**7%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****21%**

**44%

Television ****17%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**17%

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 Namalbar?

■ Namalbar · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.7%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1010**

**942

Working population ****41.7%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.9% for men and 66.8% for women. 57% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 92 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 90 (7%) · **■** Household industry 238 (20%) · **■** Other work 379 (31%) · **■** Marginal 411 (34%)

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

- Uttar Jinanda3,162 people
- Paschim Manika3,080 people
- Diglabar2,984 people
- Khanedihi2,919 people
- Japhali2,806 people
- Deulbar2,765 people
- Pyarit2,760 people
- Jhakurkol2,721 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Namalbar?2,900 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Namalbar in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Namalbar?74.7% (Census 2011)