# Debnagar Village, Namkhana – Population & Literacy

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Village · Namkhana, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Debnagar

Debnagar is a village in Namkhana sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **6,582 people in 1,431 households**, the 12th largest of 34 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 85.7%.

- 6,582people (2011)
- 1,431households
- 86.1%literacy
- 954females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Debnagar

Of every 100 households in Debnagar in 2011, 51 had electricity, 60 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Debnagar · ■ Namkhana rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**23%

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

**73%

No toilet (open defecation) ****39%**

**26%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****30%**

**41%

Television ****15%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**1%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****38%**

**37%

Own their home ****99%**

**92%

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 Debnagar?

■ Debnagar · ■ Namkhana rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.1%**

**85.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****954**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****992**

**959

Working population ****33.2%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.1% for men and 80.8% for women. 56% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 609 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 709 (32%) · **■** Household industry 23 (1%) · **■** Other work 300 (14%) · **■** Marginal 543 (25%)

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 Namkhana

- Namkhana7,058 people
- Patibania6,987 people
- Amrabati6,675 people
- Ganesnagar6,635 people
- Shibpur6,269 people
- Sibnagar Abad6,045 people
- Phatikpur5,888 people
- Dakshin Chandranagar5,719 people

[All 39 villages in Namkhana](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/namkhana/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Debnagar?6,582 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Debnagar in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Namkhana sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Debnagar?86.1% (Census 2011)