# Rajapur Village, Varanasi, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Varanasi, Varanasi 

# Rajapur

Rajapur is a village in Varanasi sub-district of Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,502 people in 393 households**, the 187th largest of 835 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.2%.

- 2,502people (2011)
- 393households
- 75.3%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rajapur

Of every 100 households in Rajapur in 2011, 33 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Rajapur · ■ Varanasi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**68%

Tap water ****4%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**85%

Use banking services ****88%**

**75%

Television ****30%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**21%

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

**3%

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

**7%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Rajapur?

■ Rajapur · ■ Varanasi rural average

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

**73.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**915

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****946**

**883

Working population ****40.4%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.2% for men and 63.0% for women. 52% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 187 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 77 (8%) · **■** Household industry 19 (2%) · **■** Other work 324 (32%) · **■** Marginal 403 (40%)

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 Varanasi

- Tala2,519 people
- Rampur Raisipur2,518 people
- Palahi Patti2,516 people
- Mawaiya2,513 people
- Raghunathpur2,495 people
- Guria2,484 people
- Misripura2,483 people
- Chandapur2,467 people

[All 864 villages in Varanasi](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/varanasi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rajapur?2,502 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rajapur in?Varanasi district (Varanasi sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Rajapur?75.3% (Census 2011)