# Iswaripur Village, Namkhana – Population & Literacy

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Village · Namkhana, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Iswaripur

Iswaripur is a village in Namkhana sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,368 people in 295 households**, the 32nd largest of 34 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 85.7%.

- 1,368people (2011)
- 295households
- 74.5%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Iswaripur

Of every 100 households in Iswaripur in 2011, 8 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Iswaripur · ■ Namkhana rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**73%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**26%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

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

**1%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****73%**

**41%

Television ****1%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**1%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****45%**

**37%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Iswaripur?

■ Iswaripur · ■ Namkhana rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.5%**

**85.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1012**

**959

Working population ****30.7%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.4% for men and 64.0% for women. 53% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 152 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 46 (11%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 172 (41%) · **■** Marginal 45 (11%)

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

- Madanganj3,143 people
- Debnibas2,711 people
- Maharajaganj2,185 people
- Durganagar1,693 people
- Narayanganj1,352 people
- Lakshmipur Abad1,176 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 Iswaripur?1,368 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Iswaripur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Namkhana sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Iswaripur?74.5% (Census 2011)