# Rupsa Village, Khandaghosh, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Khandaghosh, Barddhaman 

# Rupsa

Rupsa is a village in Khandaghosh sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,835 people in 414 households**, the 31st largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.3%.

- 1,835people (2011)
- 414households
- 72.0%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rupsa

Of every 100 households in Rupsa in 2011, 28 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Rupsa · ■ Khandaghosh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**56%

Tap water ****1%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**36%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**81%

Use banking services ****71%**

**70%

Television ****19%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****20%**

**19%

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 Rupsa?

■ Rupsa · ■ Khandaghosh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.0%**

**77.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****980**

**960

Working population ****42.5%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.0% for men and 63.5% for women. 60% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 140 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 145 (19%) · **■** Household industry 52 (7%) · **■** Other work 102 (13%) · **■** Marginal 341 (44%)

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 Khandaghosh

- Amral2,070 people
- Keudia1,982 people
- Huria1,980 people
- Metedanga1,865 people
- Bara Gopinathpur1,774 people
- Kalna1,759 people
- Khantikar1,757 people
- Sagrai1,755 people

[All 111 villages in Khandaghosh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/khandaghosh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rupsa?1,835 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rupsa in?Barddhaman district (Khandaghosh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rupsa?72.0% (Census 2011)