# Nilkanthapur Village, Jaynagar - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Jaynagar - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Nilkanthapur

Nilkanthapur is a village in Jaynagar - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,025 people in 239 households**, the 55th largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 1,025people (2011)
- 239households
- 79.0%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nilkanthapur

Of every 100 households in Nilkanthapur in 2011, 41 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Nilkanthapur · ■ Jaynagar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****46%**

**51%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

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

**3%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**90%

Use banking services ****27%**

**27%

Television ****16%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**2%

None of these assets ****39%**

**42%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Nilkanthapur?

■ Nilkanthapur · ■ Jaynagar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.0%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1250**

**949

Working population ****29.8%**

**33.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.3% for men and 70.8% for women. 53% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 11 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 73 (24%) · **■** Household industry 11 (4%) · **■** Other work 55 (18%) · **■** Marginal 155 (51%)

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 Jaynagar - I

- Maldari1,149 people
- Bejra1,104 people
- Ramkanta Bati1,066 people
- Ajodhya Nagar1,027 people
- Mukundapur998 people
- Ramnarayanpur718 people
- Uttar Raghunathpur678 people
- Purba Bantra593 people

[All 67 villages in Jaynagar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/jaynagar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nilkanthapur?1,025 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nilkanthapur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Jaynagar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nilkanthapur?79.0% (Census 2011)