# Rakha Village, Raniganj, Pratapgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Raniganj, Pratapgarh 

# Rakha

Rakha is a village in Raniganj sub-district of Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,576 people in 412 households**, the 46th largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.3%.

- 2,576people (2011)
- 412households
- 75.3%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rakha

Of every 100 households in Rakha in 2011, 35 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Rakha · ■ Raniganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**85%

Tap water ****22%**

**17%

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

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**93%

Use banking services ****75%**

**84%

Television ****20%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**20%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****5%**

**5%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Rakha?

■ Rakha · ■ Raniganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.3%**

**72.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**1001

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****929**

**904

Working population ****27.8%**

**32.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.7% for men and 62.6% for women. 40% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 55 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 225 (31%) · **■** Household industry 21 (3%) · **■** Other work 215 (30%) · **■** Marginal 199 (28%)

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 Raniganj

- Behdaul Kala2,645 people
- Khar-Har2,623 people
- Purey Gosain2,585 people
- Ram Nagar2,577 people
- Ramgarh2,547 people
- Behdaul Khurd2,499 people
- Purela2,496 people
- Shivsat2,490 people

[All 303 villages in Raniganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/pratapgarh/raniganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rakha?2,576 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rakha in?Pratapgarh district (Raniganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Rakha?75.3% (Census 2011)