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

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Nilapur

Nilapur is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **514 people in 130 households**, the 107th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 514people (2011)
- 130households
- 86.2%literacy
- 876females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nilapur

Of every 100 households in Nilapur in 2011, 73 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Nilapur · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**18%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****62%**

**46%

Television ****12%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****36%**

**30%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Nilapur?

■ Nilapur · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.2%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****876**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****724**

**932

Working population ****40.1%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.8% for men and 79.9% for women. 64% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 41 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 88 (43%) · **■** Household industry 10 (5%) · **■** Other work 33 (16%) · **■** Marginal 34 (17%)

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

- Maishali540 people
- Ramkhali535 people
- Bulakipur533 people
- Purbamaji Gaon533 people
- Ramchak512 people
- Pitambarpur509 people
- Gopalband506 people
- Basudebpur501 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 Nilapur?514 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nilapur in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nilapur?86.2% (Census 2011)