# Rajpur Village, Bansgaon, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bansgaon, Gorakhpur 

# Rajpur

Rajpur is a village in Bansgaon sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,159 people in 159 households**, the 109th largest of 468 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.2%.

- 1,159people (2011)
- 159households
- 72.3%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rajpur

Of every 100 households in Rajpur in 2011, 18 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Rajpur · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**76%

Tap water ****54%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**55%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**88%

Use banking services ****72%**

**81%

Television ****43%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****3%**

**10%

Own their home ****99%**

**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?

■ Rajpur · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.3%**

**71.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1230**

**903

Working population ****26.7%**

**27.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.1% for men and 58.0% for women. 47% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 64 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 75 (24%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 16 (5%) · **■** Marginal 153 (50%)

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 Bansgaon

- Nawachak1,225 people
- Deokali Buzurg1,209 people
- Geruababoo1,197 people
- Matihania1,171 people
- Dhausa1,154 people
- Mahilwar1,148 people
- Jagdishpur1,136 people
- Kalani Urf Tandwa1,135 people

[All 548 villages in Bansgaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/bansgaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rajpur?1,159 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rajpur in?Gorakhpur district (Bansgaon sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Rajpur?72.3% (Census 2011)