# Rajatpur Village, Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum 

# Rajatpur

Rajatpur is a village in Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,735 people in 410 households**, the 38th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,735people (2011)
- 410households
- 84.2%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rajatpur

Of every 100 households in Rajatpur in 2011, 50 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Rajatpur · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****33%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**73%

Tap water ****99%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****65%**

**82%

Use banking services ****24%**

**61%

Television ****33%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**24%

Own their home ****94%**

**95%

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 Rajatpur?

■ Rajatpur · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.2%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**968

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1308**

**972

Working population ****43.8%**

**42.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.1% for men and 78.8% for women. 62% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 189 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 94 (12%) · **■** Household industry 57 (8%) · **■** Other work 275 (36%) · **■** Marginal 145 (19%)

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 Bolpur Sriniketan

- Supur1,803 people
- Adityapur1,785 people
- Kankutia1,752 people
- Bergram1,737 people
- Bara Simulia1,572 people
- Ikshudhara1,521 people
- Pashchim Bergram1,516 people
- Sahajapur1,488 people

[All 169 villages in Bolpur Sriniketan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/bolpur-sriniketan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rajatpur?1,735 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rajatpur in?Birbhum district (Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rajatpur?84.2% (Census 2011)