# Raichandrapur Village, Murarai - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Murarai - I, Birbhum 

# Raichandrapur

Raichandrapur is a village in Murarai - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **789 people in 168 households**, the 60th largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 40.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 55.4%.

- 789people (2011)
- 168households
- 40.6%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Raichandrapur

Of every 100 households in Raichandrapur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Raichandrapur · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**10%

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

**2%

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

**86%

Use banking services ****24%**

**20%

Television ****4%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**46%

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 Raichandrapur?

■ Raichandrapur · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****40.6%**

**55.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****936**

**983

Working population ****29.2%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 45.9% for men and 35.0% for women. 54% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 6 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 115 (50%) · **■** Other work 92 (40%) · **■** Marginal 17 (7%)

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 Murarai - I

- Ganeshpur825 people
- Tegharia820 people
- Pera812 people
- Lakargram804 people
- Chandrapara768 people
- Sarduari755 people
- Bhushna697 people
- Hamidpur640 people

[All 80 villages in Murarai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/murarai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Raichandrapur?789 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Raichandrapur in?Birbhum district (Murarai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Raichandrapur?40.6% (Census 2011)