# Raikepur Village, Kanpur, Kanpur Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Kanpur, Kanpur Nagar 

# Raikepur

Raikepur is a village in Kanpur sub-district of Kanpur Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,700 people in 490 households**, the 58th largest of 252 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.0%.

- 2,700people (2011)
- 490households
- 86.1%literacy
- 876females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Raikepur

Of every 100 households in Raikepur in 2011, 25 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 24 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Raikepur · ■ Kanpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**72%

Tap water ****5%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**87%

Use banking services ****87%**

**73%

Television ****37%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****24%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****2%**

**11%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Raikepur?

■ Raikepur · ■ Kanpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.1%**

**75.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****876**

**877

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****750**

**885

Working population ****33.2%**

**34.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.4% for men and 79.0% for women. 51% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 269 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 111 (12%) · **■** Household industry 18 (2%) · **■** Other work 303 (34%) · **■** Marginal 195 (22%)

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 Kanpur

- Rahanas2,940 people
- Naugawangautam2,896 people
- Tilsaharibujurg2,788 people
- Hindupur2,736 people
- Dalelpur2,698 people
- Kharauti2,671 people
- Nagawa2,631 people
- Ramelbangar2,626 people

[All 279 villages in Kanpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kanpur-nagar/kanpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Raikepur?2,700 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Raikepur in?Kanpur Nagar district (Kanpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Raikepur?86.1% (Census 2011)