# Narpada Village, Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Narpada

Narpada is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,600 people in 354 households**, the 32nd largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 1,600people (2011)
- 354households
- 64.1%literacy
- 889females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Narpada

Of every 100 households in Narpada in 2011, 0 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Narpada · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**4%

Tap water ****14%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**18%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****73%**

**95%

Use banking services ****12%**

**46%

Television ****4%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****72%**

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Narpada?

■ Narpada · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.1%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****889**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1126**

**932

Working population ****42.4%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.1% for men and 53.5% for women. 55% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 83 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 46 (7%) · **■** Household industry 76 (11%) · **■** Other work 93 (14%) · **■** Marginal 381 (56%)

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 Potashpur - I

- Maninathpur1,789 people
- Aymabar Barya1,730 people
- Panchuria1,691 people
- Amgechhe1,676 people
- Chandpur1,392 people
- Gopalsingpur1,346 people
- Tapinda1,346 people
- Pal Para Bheri1,327 people

[All 139 villages in Potashpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Narpada?1,600 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Narpada in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Narpada?64.1% (Census 2011)