# Rahatpur Village, Purbasthali - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Purbasthali - I, Barddhaman 

# Rahatpur

Rahatpur is a village in Purbasthali - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,100 people in 264 households**, the 48th largest of 91 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.3%.

- 1,100people (2011)
- 264households
- 78.4%literacy
- 989females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rahatpur

Of every 100 households in Rahatpur in 2011, 32 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Rahatpur · ■ Purbasthali - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****38%**

**40%

Tap water ****20%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**25%

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

**4%

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

**81%

Use banking services ****96%**

**48%

Television ****18%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****40%**

**26%

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 Rahatpur?

■ Rahatpur · ■ Purbasthali - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.4%**

**77.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****989**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****983**

**954

Working population ****46.3%**

**39.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.7% for men and 69.0% for women. 63% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 21 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 221 (43%) · **■** Household industry 220 (43%) · **■** Other work 42 (8%) · **■** Marginal 5 (1%)

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 Purbasthali - I

- Betpukur1,188 people
- Haripur1,181 people
- Malatipur1,122 people
- Chak Rahatpur1,103 people
- Bhandartikuri1,088 people
- Kurcha1,086 people
- Sahapur1,072 people
- Kundapara1,065 people

[All 95 villages in Purbasthali - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/purbasthali-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rahatpur?1,100 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rahatpur in?Barddhaman district (Purbasthali - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rahatpur?78.4% (Census 2011)