# Rupganj Village, Kanksa, Barddhaman (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Kanksa, Barddhaman 

# Rupganj

Rupganj is a village in Kanksa sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,372 people in 280 households**, the 30th largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.5%.

- 1,372people (2011)
- 280households
- 81.9%literacy
- 842females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rupganj

Of every 100 households in Rupganj in 2011, 72 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rupganj · ■ Kanksa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**31%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**68%

Tap water ****40%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**38%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**70%

Use banking services ****50%**

**68%

Television ****37%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**12%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****8%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Rupganj?

■ Rupganj · ■ Kanksa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.9%**

**72.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****842**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****757**

**976

Working population ****31.9%**

**45.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.5% for men and 71.9% for women. 53% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 84 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (3%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 131 (30%) · **■** Marginal 205 (47%)

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

- Mobarakganja1,558 people
- Telipara1,499 people
- Beharpur1,485 people
- Kajladihi1,416 people
- Sokna1,371 people
- Manikara1,348 people
- Sundiara1,300 people
- Basudebpur1,285 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rupganj?1,372 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rupganj in?Barddhaman district (Kanksa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rupganj?81.9% (Census 2011)