# Nahargachh Village, Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Nahargachh

Nahargachh is a village in Chopra sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,068 people in 392 households**, the 44th largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 59.7%.

- 2,068people (2011)
- 392households
- 62.3%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nahargachh

Of every 100 households in Nahargachh in 2011, 0 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Nahargachh · ■ Chopra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**31%

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

**22%

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

**76%

Tap water ****2%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**64%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**92%

Use banking services ****13%**

**37%

Television ****4%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**2%

None of these assets ****24%**

**28%

Own their home ****100%**

**95%

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 Nahargachh?

■ Nahargachh · ■ Chopra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.3%**

**59.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****919**

**953

Working population ****24.4%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.1% for men and 52.6% for women. 44% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 110 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 164 (32%) · **■** Household industry 24 (5%) · **■** Other work 161 (32%) · **■** Marginal 46 (9%)

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 Chopra

- Purbba Andharijhari2,432 people
- Damodarkhuri2,294 people
- Uttar Mohangachh2,267 people
- Dalua2,227 people
- Dakshin Damorgachh2,062 people
- Mahadevpur1,982 people
- Purbba Jibhakata1,892 people
- Chhota Ariangaon1,811 people

[All 118 villages in Chopra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/chopra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nahargachh?2,068 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nahargachh in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Chopra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nahargachh?62.3% (Census 2011)