# Rakshitpur Village, Kanksa, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Kanksa, Barddhaman 

# Rakshitpur

Rakshitpur is a village in Kanksa sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,625 people in 359 households**, the 22nd largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.5%.

- 1,625people (2011)
- 359households
- 69.6%literacy
- 1,049females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rakshitpur

Of every 100 households in Rakshitpur in 2011, 42 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Rakshitpur · ■ Kanksa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**52%

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

**31%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**68%

Tap water ****1%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**38%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****60%**

**70%

Use banking services ****7%**

**68%

Television ****22%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**12%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****33%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 Rakshitpur?

■ Rakshitpur · ■ Kanksa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.6%**

**72.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1049**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****918**

**976

Working population ****52.4%**

**45.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.4% for men and 60.4% for women. 66% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 66 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 111 (13%) · **■** Marginal 672 (79%)

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 Kanksa

- Tilakchandrapur1,970 people
- Sibpur1,953 people
- Rajkusum1,705 people
- Kanchanpur1,627 people
- Jatgaria1,595 people
- Nutunganj1,583 people
- Anandapur1,566 people
- Mobarakganja1,558 people

[All 82 villages in Kanksa](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/kanksa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rakshitpur?1,625 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rakshitpur in?Barddhaman district (Kanksa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rakshitpur?69.6% (Census 2011)