# Nurpur Village, Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Nurpur

Nurpur is a village in Hemtabad sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,716 people in 640 households**, the 10th largest of 114 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 2,716people (2011)
- 640households
- 70.0%literacy
- 929females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nurpur

Of every 100 households in Nurpur in 2011, 41 had electricity, 52 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Nurpur · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****52%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****47%**

**78%

Tap water ****4%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****65%**

**67%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**94%

Use banking services ****62%**

**16%

Television ****27%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**27%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Nurpur?

■ Nurpur · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.0%**

**67.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****929**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****813**

**955

Working population ****49.3%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.2% for men and 63.4% for women. 60% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 244 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 308 (23%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 347 (26%) · **■** Marginal 430 (32%)

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 Hemtabad

- Bishnupur3,397 people
- Kakarsing3,136 people
- Malon2,870 people
- Titihi2,810 people
- Gutin2,674 people
- Kantor2,671 people
- Chainagar2,662 people
- Bahin Paharpur2,571 people

[All 116 villages in Hemtabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/hemtabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nurpur?2,716 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nurpur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Hemtabad sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nurpur?70.0% (Census 2011)