# Rukashpur Village, Memari - II, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Memari - II, Barddhaman 

# Rukashpur

Rukashpur is a village in Memari - II sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **575 people in 114 households**, the 69th largest of 88 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 575people (2011)
- 114households
- 80.6%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rukashpur

Of every 100 households in Rukashpur in 2011, 94 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Rukashpur · ■ Memari - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**53%

No toilet (open defecation) ****49%**

**45%

Tap water ****0%**

**33%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**24%

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

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**83%

Use banking services ****97%**

**67%

Television ****21%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**11%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****10%**

**20%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Rukashpur?

■ Rukashpur · ■ Memari - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.6%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**963

Working population ****38.1%**

**42.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.9% for men and 75.9% for women. 65% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 78 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 89 (41%) · **■** Other work 36 (16%) · **■** Marginal 16 (7%)

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 Memari - II

- Tantibaksa649 people
- Sarra636 people
- Kalyanpur624 people
- Farakpur622 people
- Bilbari550 people
- Paikara543 people
- Dakhalpur524 people
- Gorapur513 people

[All 89 villages in Memari - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/memari-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rukashpur?575 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rukashpur in?Barddhaman district (Memari - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rukashpur?80.6% (Census 2011)