# Raidihi Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Raidihi

Raidihi is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,813 people in 1,248 households**, the 4th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 3,813people (2011)
- 1,248households
- 90.2%literacy
- 858females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Raidihi

Of every 100 households in Raidihi in 2011, 48 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Raidihi · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**86%

Tap water ****1%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****46%**

**67%

Use banking services ****38%**

**43%

Television ****20%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Raidihi?

■ Raidihi · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.2%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****858**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****879**

**908

Working population ****41.4%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.9% for men and 85.9% for women. 66% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 92 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 98 (6%) · **■** Other work 1,298 (82%) · **■** Marginal 91 (6%)

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 Gangajalghati

- Gangajal Ghati8,708 people
- Keshiara6,922 people
- Bhairabpur4,669 people
- Kapishtha3,757 people
- Gobinda Dham3,650 people
- Nidhirampur3,264 people
- Lachhmanpur3,117 people

[All 165 villages in Gangajalghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/gangajalghati/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Raidihi?3,813 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Raidihi in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Raidihi?90.2% (Census 2011)