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Nurpur Population - Jalpaiguri, West Bengal

Nurpur is a medium size village located in Alipurduar - II Block of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal with total 439 families residing. The Nurpur village has population of 1860 of which 957 are males while 903 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nurpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 290 which makes up 15.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nurpur village is 944 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Nurpur as per census is 933, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Nurpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Nurpur village was 62.93 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Nurpur Male literacy stands at 68.77 % while female literacy rate was 56.75 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Nurpur village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Nurpur village.

Nurpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 439 - -
Population 1,860 957 903
Child (0-6) 290 150 140
Schedule Caste 342 177 165
Schedule Tribe 885 455 430
Literacy 62.93 % 68.77 % 56.75 %
Total Workers 597 478 119
Main Worker 433 - -
Marginal Worker 164 88 76

Caste Factor

In Nurpur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 47.58 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 18.39 % of total population in Nurpur village.

Work Profile

In Nurpur village out of total population, 597 were engaged in work activities. 72.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 597 workers engaged in Main Work, 71 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 306 were Agricultural labourer.