# Nawagar Village, Jhalda - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Nawagar

Nawagar is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **443 people in 104 households**, the 97th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 443people (2011)
- 104households
- 48.5%literacy
- 1,080females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nawagar

Of every 100 households in Nawagar in 2011, 45 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Nawagar · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**27%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****12%**

**39%

Television ****0%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****90%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Nawagar?

■ Nawagar · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.5%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1080**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1364**

**946

Working population ****55.5%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.4% for men and 33.0% for women. 58% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 20 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (2%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 9 (4%) · **■** Marginal 212 (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 Jhalda - I

- Jamlahar506 people
- Panrri480 people
- Latar472 people
- Bandi460 people
- Ichatu441 people
- Betad437 people
- Krishnapur Alias Nutandi423 people
- Guridi415 people

[All 142 villages in Jhalda - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nawagar?443 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nawagar in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nawagar?48.5% (Census 2011)