# Rajpur Kalan Village, Simri, Buxar (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Simri, Buxar 

# Rajpur Kalan

Rajpur Kalan is a village in Simri sub-district of Buxar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **8,643 people in 1,371 households**, the 4th largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.3%.

- 8,643people (2011)
- 1,371households
- 70.6%literacy
- 904females per 1,000 males

## Rajpur Kalan PIN code and other codes

Rajpur Kalan falls in Simri sub-district, Buxar district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatRajpur Kalan
- Community development blockSimri
- Census village code247828

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Rajpur Kalan from nearby towns?

- Simri (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Buxar (district HQ)25 km by road
- Balia (nearest town)9 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Rajpur Kalan?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Rajpur Kalan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Rajpur Kalan
- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Neyazipur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Dumri
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Buxar
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 4 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Rajpur Kalan known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 34% of the 362 hectares of village land is sown, and 123 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Rajpur Kalan

Of every 100 households in Rajpur Kalan in 2011, 3 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Rajpur Kalan · ■ Simri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**77%

Tap water ****2%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****84%**

**76%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**91%

Use banking services ****77%**

**62%

Television ****14%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****14%**

**16%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Rajpur Kalan?

■ Rajpur Kalan · ■ Simri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.6%**

**68.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****904**

**909

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****909**

**921

Working population ****33.3%**

**31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.1% for men and 59.0% for women. 43% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 256 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,110 (39%) · **■** Household industry 46 (2%) · **■** Other work 588 (20%) · **■** Marginal 874 (30%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Simri

- Simri17,670 people
- Dhakaich10,144 people
- Dumri8,794 people
- Neyazipur7,418 people
- Gangauli6,433 people
- Kathar6,243 people
- Nagpura5,824 people

[All 156 villages in Simri](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/buxar/simri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Rajpur Kalan from Buxar?25 km by road
- What is the population of Rajpur Kalan?8,643 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rajpur Kalan in?Buxar district (Simri sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Rajpur Kalan?70.6% (Census 2011)