# 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 **1,132 people in 179 households**, the 455th largest of 835 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.2%.

- 1,132people (2011)
- 179households
- 65.0%literacy
- 808females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rajapur

Of every 100 households in Rajapur in 2011, 33 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rajapur · ■ Varanasi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**68%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**85%

Use banking services ****29%**

**75%

Television ****47%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**21%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****10%**

**7%

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 Rajapur?

■ Rajapur · ■ Varanasi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.0%**

**73.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****808**

**915

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****883**

**883

Working population ****24.9%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.3% for men and 45.8% for women. 44% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 146 (52%) · **■** Other work 131 (46%) · **■** Marginal 3 (1%)

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

- Mohandas Pur1,138 people
- Milki Chak1,137 people
- Jugar Patti1,136 people
- Bhatauli1,134 people
- Kaithor1,128 people
- Ramraypur1,128 people
- Todarpur1,125 people
- Baherwa1,119 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rajapur?1,132 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rajapur in?Varanasi district (Varanasi sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Rajapur?65.0% (Census 2011)