# Nilpur Village, Nandigram - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Nandigram - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Nilpur

Nilpur is a village in Nandigram - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,103 people in 416 households**, the 28th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 84.8%.

- 2,103people (2011)
- 416households
- 81.4%literacy
- 977females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nilpur

Of every 100 households in Nilpur in 2011, 51 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Nilpur · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****25%**

**11%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**2%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****69%**

**92%

Use banking services ****17%**

**31%

Television ****7%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****50%**

**32%

Own their home ****76%**

**96%

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 Nilpur?

■ Nilpur · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.4%**

**84.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1006**

**922

Working population ****28.5%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.6% for men and 79.2% for women. 54% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 9 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 155 (26%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 247 (41%) · **■** Marginal 186 (31%)

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 Nandigram - I

- Durgapur2,536 people
- Chilinga2,505 people
- Dhanya Khola2,441 people
- Samsabad Barsar Beria2,362 people
- Akanda Bari2,101 people
- Hosenpur2,096 people
- Priya Nagar2,008 people
- Purushottampur1,979 people

[All 98 villages in Nandigram - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nandigram-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nilpur?2,103 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nilpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Nandigram - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nilpur?81.4% (Census 2011)