# Rajapur Village, Chandla, Chhatarpur (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Chandla, Chhatarpur 

# Rajapur

Rajapur is a village in Chandla sub-district of Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,535 people in 298 households**, the 14th largest of 86 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.4%.

- 1,535people (2011)
- 298households
- 74.0%literacy
- 897females per 1,000 males

## Rajapur PIN code and other codes

Rajapur falls in Chandla sub-district, Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockLaundi
- Census village code457660

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

## How far is Rajapur from nearby towns?

- Chandla (sub-district HQ)25 km by road
- Chhatarpur (district HQ)70 km by road
- Laundi (nearest town)25 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 Rajapur?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bachhon
- ○Degree college10+ km · Laundi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Nowgong
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps

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 Rajapur known for?

The main crops are **tilli, wheat and chana**. About 59% of the 423 hectares of village land is sown, and 26 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 Rajapur

Of every 100 households in Rajapur in 2011, 19 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rajapur · ■ Chandla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**11%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**99%

Use banking services ****7%**

**38%

Television ****6%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**37%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 Rajapur?

■ Rajapur · ■ Chandla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.0%**

**60.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****897**

**859

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****848**

**905

Working population ****42.0%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.9% for men and 67.6% for women. 48% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 193 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 150 (23%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 103 (16%) · **■** Marginal 193 (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 Chandla

- Pandepurwa1,649 people
- Andhiyari Bari1,635 people
- Ganpat Kheda1,631 people
- Bhaira1,546 people
- Madhaupur1,520 people
- Sadkar1,481 people
- Hinota1,370 people
- Surajpur1,358 people

[All 87 villages in Chandla](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/chhatarpur/chandla/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Rajapur from Chhatarpur?70 km by road
- What is the population of Rajapur?1,535 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rajapur in?Chhatarpur district (Chandla sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Rajapur?74.0% (Census 2011)