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

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Village · Nanda Kumar, Purba Medinipur 

# Nilkunthya

Nilkunthya is a village in Nanda Kumar sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **907 people in 185 households**, the 87th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 85.6%.

- 907people (2011)
- 185households
- 88.3%literacy
- 998females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nilkunthya

Of every 100 households in Nilkunthya in 2011, 65 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Nilkunthya · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****65%**

**40%

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

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****15%**

**17%

Tap water ****4%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**5%

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

**2%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****39%**

**39%

Television ****25%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**34%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Nilkunthya?

■ Nilkunthya · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.3%**

**85.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****998**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****930**

**940

Working population ****52.4%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.5% for men and 83.2% for women. 64% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 153 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (1%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 50 (11%) · **■** Marginal 261 (55%)

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

- Jashnan977 people
- Chak Durgabasan954 people
- Dakshin Sautan Chak926 people
- Betalbasan913 people
- Kalidahi899 people
- Mansantosh896 people
- Rautari870 people
- Kumarpur845 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 Nilkunthya?907 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nilkunthya in?Purba Medinipur district (Nanda Kumar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nilkunthya?88.3% (Census 2011)