# Ruishar Village, Jaypur, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Jaypur, Bankura 

# Ruishar

Ruishar is a village in Jaypur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **955 people in 200 households**, the 51st largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 955people (2011)
- 200households
- 86.0%literacy
- 933females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ruishar

Of every 100 households in Ruishar in 2011, 37 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ruishar · ■ Jaypur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**73%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

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

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

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

**79%

Use banking services ****45%**

**62%

Television ****17%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**10%

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

**1%

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

**12%

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 Ruishar?

■ Ruishar · ■ Jaypur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.0%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1289**

**951

Working population ****33.9%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.7% for men and 78.7% for women. 62% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 84 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 79 (24%) · **■** Household industry 46 (14%) · **■** Other work 29 (9%) · **■** Marginal 86 (27%)

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 Jaypur

- Katul1,073 people
- Harinashuli1,063 people
- Madhabpur1,062 people
- Hatbari1,000 people
- Chhatra Ara954 people
- Balibil953 people
- Dhengartala953 people
- Banna941 people

[All 139 villages in Jaypur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/jaypur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ruishar?955 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ruishar in?Bankura district (Jaypur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ruishar?86.0% (Census 2011)