# Nilerat Village, Patharpratima – Population & Literacy

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Village · Patharpratima, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Nilerat

Nilerat is a village in Patharpratima sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,823 people in 330 households**, the 73rd largest of 87 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 82.1%.

- 1,823people (2011)
- 330households
- 78.2%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nilerat

Of every 100 households in Nilerat in 2011, 66 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Nilerat · ■ Patharpratima rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**40%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**1%

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

**0%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****32%**

**45%

Television ****0%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**1%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****68%**

**36%

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 Nilerat?

■ Nilerat · ■ Patharpratima rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.2%**

**82.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****959**

**965

Working population ****28.0%**

**42.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.0% for men and 73.1% for women. 48% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 20 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 171 (33%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 28 (5%) · **■** Marginal 286 (56%)

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 Patharpratima

- Chintamanipur2,098 people
- Malaya1,921 people
- Jagindrapur1,891 people
- Gayadham1,889 people
- Abad Gangadharpur1,615 people
- Dakshin Sibpur1,455 people
- Uttar Mahendrapur1,383 people
- Indraprastha1,246 people

[All 92 villages in Patharpratima](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/patharpratima/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nilerat?1,823 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nilerat in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Patharpratima sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nilerat?78.2% (Census 2011)