# Rukunpur Village, Mayureswar - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mayureswar - I, Birbhum 

# Rukunpur

Rukunpur is a village in Mayureswar - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,515 people in 322 households**, the 34th largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 1,515people (2011)
- 322households
- 62.0%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rukunpur

Of every 100 households in Rukunpur in 2011, 22 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rukunpur · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**81%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

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

**17%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**92%

Use banking services ****30%**

**55%

Television ****8%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****37%**

**32%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Rukunpur?

■ Rukunpur · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.0%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****851**

**975

Working population ****46.3%**

**40.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.7% for men and 58.1% for women. 63% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 88 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 114 (16%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 202 (29%) · **■** Marginal 288 (41%)

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 Mayureswar - I

- Kanaipur1,706 people
- Dangal1,622 people
- Mahula1,589 people
- Nandura1,583 people
- Matmahula1,453 people
- Katigram1,448 people
- Amba1,430 people
- Pathai1,348 people

[All 113 villages in Mayureswar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rukunpur?1,515 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rukunpur in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rukunpur?62.0% (Census 2011)