# Rajamela Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Rajamela

Rajamela is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,641 people in 350 households**, the 38th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 1,641people (2011)
- 350households
- 59.8%literacy
- 867females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rajamela

Of every 100 households in Rajamela in 2011, 24 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Rajamela · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**67%

Use banking services ****10%**

**43%

Television ****11%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**25%

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 Rajamela?

■ Rajamela · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.8%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****867**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****916**

**908

Working population ****34.0%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.9% for men and 47.0% for women. 54% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 46 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 78 (14%) · **■** Household industry 39 (7%) · **■** Other work 88 (16%) · **■** Marginal 307 (55%)

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

- Durlabhpur1,725 people
- Bharadihi1,715 people
- Basudebpur1,704 people
- Ukhra Dihi1,652 people
- Gopinathpur1,638 people
- Nandanpur1,612 people
- Dumuria1,575 people
- Phuljam1,567 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rajamela?1,641 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rajamela in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rajamela?59.8% (Census 2011)