# Nischintapur Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Nischintapur

Nischintapur is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,162 people in 224 households**, the 40th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 1,162people (2011)
- 224households
- 57.6%literacy
- 993females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nischintapur

Of every 100 households in Nischintapur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Nischintapur · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**22%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Tap water ****2%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**5%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****58%**

**85%

Use banking services ****21%**

**41%

Television ****3%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**18%

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 Nischintapur?

■ Nischintapur · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.6%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****993**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1042**

**957

Working population ****49.8%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.4% for men and 40.6% for women. 52% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 24 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 154 (27%) · **■** Other work 44 (8%) · **■** Marginal 357 (62%)

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 Barabazar

- Pattoria1,278 people
- Bardaha1,222 people
- Lakshmanpur1,190 people
- Bajra1,180 people
- Sankhari1,140 people
- Bankati1,137 people
- Taldih Als.Nabudih Maisadabar1,137 people
- Manpur1,128 people

[All 215 villages in Barabazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/barabazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nischintapur?1,162 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nischintapur in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nischintapur?57.6% (Census 2011)