# Nagartala Village, Canning - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Canning - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Nagartala

Nagartala is a village in Canning - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **10,419 people in 2,070 households**, the 7th largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 10,419people (2011)
- 2,070households
- 67.8%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nagartala

Of every 100 households in Nagartala in 2011, 45 had electricity, 60 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Nagartala · ■ Canning - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****60%**

**57%

No toilet (open defecation) ****34%**

**41%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**92%

Use banking services ****25%**

**12%

Television ****23%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**47%

Own their home ****94%**

**96%

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 Nagartala?

■ Nagartala · ■ Canning - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.8%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**965

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****918**

**961

Working population ****33.8%**

**33.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.1% for men and 59.4% for women. 53% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 447 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 318 (9%) · **■** Household industry 47 (1%) · **■** Other work 1,700 (48%) · **■** Marginal 1,014 (29%)

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 - II

- Mather Dighi13,524 people
- Athara Beki13,503 people
- Saranger Abad12,299 people
- Daharani11,231 people
- Narayanpur9,468 people
- Patikhali8,937 people
- Maukhali Kumarkhali7,996 people
- Iswaripur7,955 people

[All 61 villages in Canning - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/canning-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nagartala?10,419 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nagartala in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Canning - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nagartala?67.8% (Census 2011)