# Bara Raghunathpur, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur – Population

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Bara Raghunathpur

Bara Raghunathpur is a village in [Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/) sub-district of [Dakshin Dinajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **2,763 people in 731 households**, the 8th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 2,763people (2011)
- 731households
- 91.6%literacy
- 1,054females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bara Raghunathpur

Of every 100 households in Bara Raghunathpur in 2011, 82 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 46 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bara Raghunathpur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**38%

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

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**65%

Tap water ****18%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****88%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****46%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****45%**

**90%

Use banking services ****48%**

**41%

Television ****64%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****15%**

**26%

Own their home ****91%**

**97%

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 Bara Raghunathpur?

■ Bara Raghunathpur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.6%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1054**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1115**

**965

Working population ****34.1%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.4% for men and 88.0% for women. 53% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 75 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 51 (5%) · **■** Household industry 13 (1%) · **■** Other work 771 (82%) · **■** Marginal 31 (3%)

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 Balurghat

- Uttar Khanpur2,895 people
- Amritakhanda2,863 people
- Bolla2,836 people
- Durgapur2,814 people
- Faridpur2,362 people
- Jalghar2,310 people
- Chingispur2,297 people
- Uttar Roypur2,279 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bara Raghunathpur?2,763 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bara Raghunathpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bara Raghunathpur?91.6% (Census 2011)