# Rakona Village, Illambazar, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Illambazar, Birbhum 

# Rakona

Rakona is a village in Illambazar sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,508 people in 336 households**, the 39th largest of 127 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.9%.

- 1,508people (2011)
- 336households
- 83.1%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rakona

Of every 100 households in Rakona in 2011, 16 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Rakona · ■ Illambazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**68%

Tap water ****1%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

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

**83%

Use banking services ****25%**

**42%

Television ****5%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****50%**

**27%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Rakona?

■ Rakona · ■ Illambazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.1%**

**73.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****952**

**947

Working population ****28.4%**

**38.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.6% for men and 77.6% for women. 54% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 159 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 218 (51%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 28 (7%) · **■** Marginal 21 (5%)

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 Illambazar

- Dakshin Sultanpur1,548 people
- Chaumandalpur1,517 people
- Jalalnagar1,510 people
- Paikuni1,509 people
- Maheswarpur1,504 people
- Makra1,480 people
- Kurmitha1,477 people
- Kamarpara1,466 people

[All 133 villages in Illambazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/illambazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rakona?1,508 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rakona in?Birbhum district (Illambazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rakona?83.1% (Census 2011)