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Nilkunthya Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Nilkunthya is a medium size village located in Nanda Kumar Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 185 families residing. The Nilkunthya village has population of 907 of which 454 are males while 453 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nilkunthya village population of children with age 0-6 is 110 which makes up 12.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nilkunthya village is 998 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Nilkunthya as per census is 930, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Nilkunthya village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Nilkunthya village was 88.33 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Nilkunthya Male literacy stands at 93.45 % while female literacy rate was 83.25 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Nilkunthya 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 Nilkunthya village.

Nilkunthya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 185 - -
Population 907 454 453
Child (0-6) 110 57 53
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 43 19 24
Literacy 88.33 % 93.45 % 83.25 %
Total Workers 475 292 183
Main Worker 214 - -
Marginal Worker 261 82 179

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 4.74 % of total population in Nilkunthya village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nilkunthya village of Purba Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Nilkunthya village out of total population, 475 were engaged in work activities. 45.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 475 workers engaged in Main Work, 153 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.