# Priya Nagar, Nandigram - I, Purba Medinipur – Population

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Village · Nandigram - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Priya Nagar

Priya Nagar is a village in [Nandigram - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nandigram-i/) sub-district of [Purba Medinipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **2,008 people in 411 households**, the 31st largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 84.8%.

- 2,008people (2011)
- 411households
- 85.6%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Priya Nagar

Of every 100 households in Priya Nagar in 2011, 60 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Priya Nagar · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**34%

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

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**11%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****26%**

**31%

Television ****5%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**32%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Priya Nagar?

■ Priya Nagar · ■ Nandigram - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.6%**

**84.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****963**

**922

Working population ****32.4%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.3% for men and 81.5% for women. 57% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 7 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 229 (35%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 165 (25%) · **■** Marginal 245 (38%)

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

- Samsabad Barsar Beria2,362 people
- Nilpur2,103 people
- Akanda Bari2,101 people
- Hosenpur2,096 people
- Purushottampur1,979 people
- Jadu Bari Chak1,872 people
- Tajpur1,847 people
- Tara Chand Bar1,846 people

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

## Other places named Priya Nagar

- Priyanagar · Town, Nadia · 5,763 people

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Priya Nagar?2,008 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Priya Nagar in?Purba Medinipur district (Nandigram - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Priya Nagar?85.6% (Census 2011)