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Nowapara Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Nowapara is a medium size village located in Purbasthali - II Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 346 families residing. The Nowapara village has population of 1371 of which 706 are males while 665 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nowapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 149 which makes up 10.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nowapara village is 942 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Nowapara as per census is 987, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Nowapara village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Nowapara village was 65.88 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Nowapara Male literacy stands at 72.27 % while female literacy rate was 59.05 %.

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

Nowapara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 346 - -
Population 1,371 706 665
Child (0-6) 149 75 74
Schedule Caste 655 331 324
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.88 % 72.27 % 59.05 %
Total Workers 490 428 62
Main Worker 433 - -
Marginal Worker 57 25 32

Caste Factor

In Nowapara village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 47.78 % of total population in Nowapara village. The village Nowapara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Nowapara village out of total population, 490 were engaged in work activities. 88.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 490 workers engaged in Main Work, 86 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 282 were Agricultural labourer.