# Nachankula Village, Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Nachankula

Nachankula is a village in Islampur sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,700 people in 372 households**, the 58th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.5%.

- 1,700people (2011)
- 372households
- 65.3%literacy
- 906females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Nachankula

Of every 100 households in Nachankula in 2011, 34 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Nachankula · ■ Islampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**79%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****84%**

**62%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****5%**

**20%

Television ****22%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**40%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Nachankula?

■ Nachankula · ■ Islampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.3%**

**53.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****906**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****827**

**967

Working population ****34.4%**

**30.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.6% for men and 56.3% for women. 54% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 119 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 172 (29%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 213 (36%) · **■** Marginal 72 (12%)

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 Islampur

- Chapasar1,905 people
- Tangipokar1,868 people
- Amalijhari1,857 people
- Ojhapokhar1,832 people
- Dumrulla1,690 people
- Barhat1,670 people
- Kutumposa1,597 people
- Narayanpur1,559 people

[All 101 villages in Islampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/islampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Nachankula?1,700 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nachankula in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Islampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Nachankula?65.3% (Census 2011)