# Nalua Village, Mathurapur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Mathurapur - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Nalua

Nalua is a village in Mathurapur - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **19,071 people in 3,983 households**, the 1st largest of 91 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.5%.

- 19,071people (2011)
- 3,983households
- 68.0%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nalua

Of every 100 households in Nalua in 2011, 22 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Nalua · ■ Mathurapur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**2%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**94%

Use banking services ****24%**

**18%

Television ****11%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**46%

Own their home ****97%**

**97%

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 Nalua?

■ Nalua · ■ Mathurapur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.0%**

**73.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1002**

**982

Working population ****34.9%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.6% for men and 58.9% for women. 55% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 444 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,264 (19%) · **■** Household industry 288 (4%) · **■** Other work 1,997 (30%) · **■** Marginal 2,663 (40%)

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 Mathurapur - I

- Ghoradal12,170 people
- Uttar Lakshminarayanpur10,006 people
- Krishnarampur6,204 people
- Ghatbakultala4,435 people

[All 95 villages in Mathurapur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/mathurapur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nalua?19,071 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nalua in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Mathurapur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nalua?68.0% (Census 2011)