# Nikarighata Village, Canning - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Canning - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Nikarighata

Nikarighata is a village in Canning - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,419 people in 749 households**, the 20th largest of 53 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.7%.

- 3,419people (2011)
- 749households
- 76.0%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nikarighata

Of every 100 households in Nikarighata in 2011, 44 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Nikarighata · ■ Canning - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****45%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**95%

Use banking services ****44%**

**20%

Television ****25%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**2%

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

**38%

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 Nikarighata?

■ Nikarighata · ■ Canning - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.0%**

**65.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****783**

**950

Working population ****44.5%**

**34.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.0% for men and 66.5% for women. 61% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 113 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 188 (12%) · **■** Household industry 14 (1%) · **■** Other work 533 (35%) · **■** Marginal 675 (44%)

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 Canning - I

- Gola Bari4,896 people
- Hat Pukhuria4,629 people
- Maukhali4,164 people
- Badukalu3,542 people
- Pangaskhali3,382 people
- Tetul Bana3,371 people
- Baloi Jhaka3,342 people
- Dumki3,309 people

[All 53 villages in Canning - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/canning-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nikarighata?3,419 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nikarighata in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Canning - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nikarighata?76.0% (Census 2011)