# Naikundi Village, Nanda Kumar, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Nanda Kumar, Purba Medinipur 

# Naikundi

Naikundi is a village in Nanda Kumar sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,540 people in 579 households**, the 29th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 85.6%.

- 2,540people (2011)
- 579households
- 89.3%literacy
- 987females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Naikundi

Of every 100 households in Naikundi in 2011, 53 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Naikundi · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**17%

Tap water ****6%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**89%

Use banking services ****32%**

**39%

Television ****18%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**34%

Own their home ****94%**

**95%

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 Naikundi?

■ Naikundi · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.3%**

**85.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****987**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1126**

**940

Working population ****33.7%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.8% for men and 83.6% for women. 58% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 212 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 51 (6%) · **■** Household industry 57 (7%) · **■** Other work 429 (50%) · **■** Marginal 108 (13%)

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 Nanda Kumar

- Naradari2,814 people
- Kalyan Chak2,774 people
- Tikarampur2,735 people
- Mandar Gachhya2,691 people
- Dakshin Damodarpur2,503 people
- Rajarampur2,434 people
- Hansgere2,417 people
- Karak2,373 people

[All 101 villages in Nanda Kumar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nanda-kumar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Naikundi?2,540 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Naikundi in?Purba Medinipur district (Nanda Kumar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Naikundi?89.3% (Census 2011)