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Nilkanta Pur Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Nilkanta Pur is a medium size village located in Bhagawanpur - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 368 families residing. The Nilkanta Pur village has population of 1533 of which 791 are males while 742 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nilkanta Pur village population of children with age 0-6 is 183 which makes up 11.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nilkanta Pur village is 938 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Nilkanta Pur as per census is 906, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Nilkanta Pur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Nilkanta Pur village was 85.19 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Nilkanta Pur Male literacy stands at 92.37 % while female literacy rate was 77.56 %.

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

Nilkanta Pur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 368 - -
Population 1,533 791 742
Child (0-6) 183 96 87
Schedule Caste 265 129 136
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.19 % 92.37 % 77.56 %
Total Workers 688 466 222
Main Worker 76 - -
Marginal Worker 612 404 208

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.29 % of total population in Nilkanta Pur village. The village Nilkanta Pur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Nilkanta Pur village out of total population, 688 were engaged in work activities. 11.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 88.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 688 workers engaged in Main Work, 25 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 26 were Agricultural labourer.