# Nayanagar Village, Goalpokhar - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Goalpokhar - II, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Nayanagar

Nayanagar is a village in Goalpokhar - II sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,961 people in 399 households**, the 45th largest of 169 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 46.1%.

- 1,961people (2011)
- 399households
- 63.2%literacy
- 868females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nayanagar

Of every 100 households in Nayanagar in 2011, 74 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 18 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Nayanagar · ■ Goalpokhar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****74%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**81%

Tap water ****6%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****69%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****18%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**92%

Use banking services ****46%**

**17%

Television ****42%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**31%

Own their home ****94%**

**98%

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 Nayanagar?

■ Nayanagar · ■ Goalpokhar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.2%**

**46.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****868**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****826**

**958

Working population ****31.8%**

**31.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.8% for men and 54.5% for women. 55% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 107 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 283 (45%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 172 (28%) · **■** Marginal 56 (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 Goalpokhar - II

- Neshandara2,205 people
- Samaspur2,078 people
- Birran2,050 people
- Uttar Rampur1,983 people
- Simulia1,960 people
- Ladhi1,938 people
- Bara Shikarpur1,892 people
- Purbba Kamarshal1,855 people

[All 170 villages in Goalpokhar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/goalpokhar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nayanagar?1,961 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nayanagar in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Goalpokhar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nayanagar?63.2% (Census 2011)