Ničpur (, ) is a village in the municipality of Mavrovo and Rostuša, North Macedonia.
Demographics Ničpur (Jençepor) is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the ziamet of Reka which was under the authority of Karagöz Bey. The village had a total of eight households and the anthroponymy attested was Albanian in character.Pajaziti, Ali, et al. (2014). Shqiptarët e Rekës së Epërm përballë sfidave të kohës [Albanians of Upper Reka facing the challenges of time]. South East European University. Gostivar-Skopje. page. 265 In the census of 1536/39, the village had 16 families and two bachelors. In 1583, the village of Niçpur had 20 households and eight bachelors, two looms, one mill and paid 1,000 akçe to the timarli every year. The inhabitants recorded exhibited Albanian and mixed Slavic-Albanian anthroponyms: (e.g Gjon Dano, Gjorçe Dano, Gjuro Gjon, Kole Gjurro, Stojko Kosta, Mitre Brajan etc).Pajaziti, Ali, et al. (2014). Shqiptarët e Rekës së Epërm përballë sfidave të kohës [Albanians of Upper Reka facing the challenges of time]. South East European University. Gostivar-Skopje. page. 266
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Ničpur was inhabited by 250 Christian Albanians and 220 Muslim Albanians.Vasil Kanchov (1900). Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics. Sofia. p. 264.
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 13 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 136.
Albanians 12 Macedonians 1
As of the 2021 census, Ničpur had five residents with the following ethnic composition:Total resident population of the Republic of North Macedonia by ethnic affiliation, by settlement, Census 2021 Albanians 5
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