# Namshol Village, Balarampur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Balarampur, Puruliya 

# Namshol

Namshol is a village in Balarampur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,849 people in 540 households**, the 5th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 2,849people (2011)
- 540households
- 58.8%literacy
- 996females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Namshol

Of every 100 households in Namshol in 2011, 55 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Namshol · ■ Balarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****55%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**97%

Tap water ****9%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**7%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**89%

Use banking services ****28%**

**39%

Television ****9%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 Namshol?

■ Namshol · ■ Balarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.8%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****996**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****995**

**939

Working population ****44.5%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.6% for men and 45.0% for women. 54% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 284 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 102 (8%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 285 (22%) · **■** Marginal 587 (46%)

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 Balarampur

- Genrua6,454 people
- Baraurmma3,731 people
- Bela3,436 people
- Tentlo2,994 people
- Dabha2,841 people
- Darda2,619 people
- Malti2,597 people
- Berma2,592 people

[All 90 villages in Balarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/balarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Namshol?2,849 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Namshol in?Puruliya district (Balarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Namshol?58.8% (Census 2011)