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

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Village · Nanda Kumar, Purba Medinipur 

# Namal

Namal is a village in Nanda Kumar sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,298 people in 483 households**, the 35th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 85.6%.

- 2,298people (2011)
- 483households
- 88.0%literacy
- 923females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Namal

Of every 100 households in Namal in 2011, 60 had electricity, 77 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Namal · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****77%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****23%**

**17%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**5%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**89%

Use banking services ****23%**

**39%

Television ****12%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**34%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Namal?

■ Namal · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.0%**

**85.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****923**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1056**

**940

Working population ****35.1%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.3% for men and 83.3% for women. 59% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 28 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 99 (12%) · **■** Household industry 23 (3%) · **■** Other work 478 (59%) · **■** Marginal 178 (22%)

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

- Rajarampur2,434 people
- Hansgere2,417 people
- Karak2,373 people
- Thekuya Chak2,353 people
- Dihiguma2,263 people
- Dhanya Ghar2,258 people
- Guria2,181 people
- Ichhapur2,102 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 Namal?2,298 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Namal in?Purba Medinipur district (Nanda Kumar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Namal?88.0% (Census 2011)