# Nandai Gajan Village, Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Nandai Gajan

Nandai Gajan is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,413 people in 722 households**, the 22nd largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 3,413people (2011)
- 722households
- 89.6%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nandai Gajan

Of every 100 households in Nandai Gajan in 2011, 86 had electricity, 83 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Nandai Gajan · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****83%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**19%

Tap water ****4%**

**4%

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

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**90%

Use banking services ****42%**

**44%

Television ****33%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**17%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Nandai Gajan?

■ Nandai Gajan · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.6%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****976**

**942

Working population ****35.3%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.4% for men and 83.4% for women. 56% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 85 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 76 (6%) · **■** Household industry 95 (8%) · **■** Other work 634 (53%) · **■** Marginal 314 (26%)

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

- Kodalia3,504 people
- Marberya3,496 people
- Jadupur3,461 people
- Pulsit3,428 people
- Madhabpur3,325 people
- Bangalpur3,292 people
- Chhatinda3,250 people
- Uttar Jinanda3,162 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nandai Gajan?3,413 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nandai Gajan in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nandai Gajan?89.6% (Census 2011)