# Nalkapi Village, Jhalda - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Nalkapi

Nalkapi is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **982 people in 187 households**, the 46th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 982people (2011)
- 187households
- 67.7%literacy
- 922females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nalkapi

Of every 100 households in Nalkapi in 2011, 24 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Nalkapi · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**8%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****11%**

**80%

Use banking services ****50%**

**30%

Television ****11%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**0%

None of these assets ****37%**

**35%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Nalkapi?

■ Nalkapi · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.7%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****788**

**973

Working population ****46.8%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.4% for men and 52.2% for women. 48% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 71 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 32 (7%) · **■** Household industry 127 (28%) · **■** Other work 102 (22%) · **■** Marginal 128 (28%)

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 - II

- Chamchaka1,075 people
- Khatanga1,065 people
- Sarjumhatu1,042 people
- Guridi1,008 people
- Hetbatari973 people
- Pargo966 people
- Haratan965 people
- Rampur929 people

[All 129 villages in Jhalda - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nalkapi?982 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nalkapi in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nalkapi?67.7% (Census 2011)