# Nowadih Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Nowadih

Nowadih is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,012 people in 184 households**, the 55th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 1,012people (2011)
- 184households
- 63.0%literacy
- 892females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nowadih

Of every 100 households in Nowadih in 2011, 22 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Nowadih · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**85%

Use banking services ****38%**

**41%

Television ****11%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**18%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Nowadih?

■ Nowadih · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.0%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****892**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****667**

**957

Working population ****60.7%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.7% for men and 50.3% for women. 63% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 43 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (1%) · **■** Household industry 10 (2%) · **■** Other work 26 (4%) · **■** Marginal 527 (86%)

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

- Tetto1,068 people
- Simuduri1,064 people
- Senada1,024 people
- Barra1,015 people
- Hijla1,005 people
- Beldih1,002 people
- Takria1,002 people
- Gosaidih1,000 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nowadih?1,012 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nowadih in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nowadih?63.0% (Census 2011)