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

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Village · Purbasthali - I, Barddhaman 

# Rajapur

Rajapur is a village in Purbasthali - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,433 people in 371 households**, the 36th largest of 91 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.3%.

- 1,433people (2011)
- 371households
- 86.9%literacy
- 1,101females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rajapur

Of every 100 households in Rajapur in 2011, 40 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Rajapur · ■ Purbasthali - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**40%

Tap water ****0%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**25%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**81%

Use banking services ****48%**

**48%

Television ****28%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****13%**

**26%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Rajapur?

■ Rajapur · ■ Purbasthali - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.9%**

**77.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1101**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1079**

**954

Working population ****51.3%**

**39.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.0% for men and 83.3% for women. 63% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 25 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 92 (13%) · **■** Household industry 51 (7%) · **■** Other work 300 (41%) · **■** Marginal 267 (36%)

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

- Akabpur1,597 people
- Ningra1,524 people
- Dharmatala1,519 people
- Kachua1,493 people
- Sulantu1,351 people
- Maudanga1,347 people
- Bidyanagar1,332 people
- Malgaria1,328 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rajapur?1,433 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rajapur in?Barddhaman district (Purbasthali - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rajapur?86.9% (Census 2011)