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Nilkantapur Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Nilkantapur is a medium size village located in Ramnagar - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 236 families residing. The Nilkantapur village has population of 1125 of which 567 are males while 558 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nilkantapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 116 which makes up 10.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nilkantapur village is 984 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Nilkantapur as per census is 1000, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Nilkantapur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Nilkantapur village was 79.98 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Nilkantapur Male literacy stands at 87.82 % while female literacy rate was 72.00 %.

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

Nilkantapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 236 - -
Population 1,125 567 558
Child (0-6) 116 58 58
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.98 % 87.82 % 72.00 %
Total Workers 395 345 50
Main Worker 322 - -
Marginal Worker 73 32 41

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Nilkantapur village of Purba Medinipur district.

Work Profile

In Nilkantapur village out of total population, 395 were engaged in work activities. 81.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 395 workers engaged in Main Work, 112 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 161 were Agricultural labourer.