# Nishchintapur Village, Hura, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Hura, Puruliya 

# Nishchintapur

Nishchintapur is a village in Hura sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,204 people in 233 households**, the 39th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 1,204people (2011)
- 233households
- 54.1%literacy
- 1,027females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nishchintapur

Of every 100 households in Nishchintapur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Nishchintapur · ■ Hura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**5%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****50%**

**75%

Use banking services ****10%**

**41%

Television ****3%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Nishchintapur?

■ Nishchintapur · ■ Hura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.1%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1027**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1108**

**954

Working population ****61.5%**

**48.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.5% for men and 36.0% for women. 61% of men and 62% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 192 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 108 (15%) · **■** Other work 28 (4%) · **■** Marginal 413 (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 Hura

- Dholkata1,289 people
- Amlatara1,262 people
- Madhuban1,234 people
- Bathandi1,229 people
- Dumkadi1,177 people
- Punchadi1,163 people
- Manpur1,143 people
- Hura Keshabpur1,134 people

[All 116 villages in Hura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/hura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nishchintapur?1,204 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nishchintapur in?Puruliya district (Hura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nishchintapur?54.1% (Census 2011)