Village · Kuchaikote, Gopalganj
# Rajapur

Rajapur is a village in Kuchaikote sub-district of Gopalganj district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 408 people in 56 households, the 190th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.9%.
- 408 people (2011)
- 56 households
- 73.7% literacy
- 1,242 females per 1,000 males

## Rajapur PIN code and other codes

Rajapur falls in Kuchaikote sub-district, Gopalganj district, Bihar.
- Gram panchayat Mateya Khas
- Community development block Kuchaikote
- Census village code 230457

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Rajapur from nearby towns?
- Kuchaikote (sub-district HQ) 10 km by road
- Gopalganj (district HQ) 16 km by road
- Gopalganj (nearest town) 16 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Rajapur?

2 services counted by the Census are inside Rajapur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Private bus service In village
- ● All-weather road In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Primary school under 5 km · Mathia Khas
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Gopalganj
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Gopalganj
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Hathua
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 5–10 km
- ○ Public bus service under 5 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 5–10 km
- ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop 5–10 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011) 3 h summer · 4 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Rajapur known for?

The main crops are paddy. About 76% of the 60 hectares of village land is sown, and 31 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Rajapur

Of every 100 households in Rajapur in 2011, 11 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 97 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Rajapur · ■ Kuchaikote rural average
- Electricity for lighting 11% 17%
- Toilet within the home 37% 22%
- No toilet (open defecation) 63% 76%
- Tap water 6% 4%
- Drinking water within premises 47% 63%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 6%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 98% 93%
- Use banking services 45% 68%
- Television 10% 16%
- Mobile phone 97% 74%
- Computer with internet 3% 1%
- Two-wheeler 18% 14%
- Car / jeep / van 3% 3%
- None of these assets 0% 7%
- Own their home 97% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Rajapur?

■ Rajapur · ■ Kuchaikote rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 73.7% 66.9%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1242 1004
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1355 952
- Working population 22.1% 28.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.4% for men and 62.5% for women. 37% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 3 (3%) · ■ Household industry 1 (1%) · ■ Other work 9 (10%) · ■ Marginal 77 (86%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Kuchaikote
- Panre Kharea 421 people
- Bishunpura 412 people
- Khan Patti 412 people
- Sonahula Damodar 410 people
- Lachhi Kharea 403 people
- Adhmauli 374 people
- Rikhai Tola 370 people
- Misrain Chak 367 people

All 222 villages in Kuchaikote

## Quick answers
- How far is Rajapur from Gopalganj? 16 km by road
- What is the population of Rajapur? 408 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rajapur in? Gopalganj district (Kuchaikote sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Rajapur? 73.7% (Census 2011)

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