# Neshandara Village, Goalpokhar - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Goalpokhar - II, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Neshandara

Neshandara is a village in Goalpokhar - II sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,205 people in 400 households**, the 41st largest of 169 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 35.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 46.1%.

- 2,205people (2011)
- 400households
- 35.6%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Neshandara

Of every 100 households in Neshandara in 2011, 15 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Neshandara · ■ Goalpokhar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****70%**

**51%

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

**1%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****6%**

**17%

Television ****1%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****51%**

**31%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Neshandara?

■ Neshandara · ■ Goalpokhar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****35.6%**

**46.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****865**

**958

Working population ****28.3%**

**31.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 42.6% for men and 28.3% for women. 44% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 186 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 365 (59%) · **■** Other work 13 (2%) · **■** Marginal 59 (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

- Kariat2,314 people
- Jamira2,271 people
- Hasaen2,213 people
- Jhangartoli2,210 people
- Samaspur2,078 people
- Birran2,050 people
- Uttar Rampur1,983 people
- Nayanagar1,961 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 Neshandara?2,205 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Neshandara in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Goalpokhar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Neshandara?35.6% (Census 2011)