# Rajapur Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Rajapur

Rajapur is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **498 people in 136 households**, the 163rd largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 498people (2011)
- 136households
- 53.4%literacy
- 1,058females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rajapur

Of every 100 households in Rajapur in 2011, 11 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rajapur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**65%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**47%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****10%**

**41%

Television ****10%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****48%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Rajapur?

■ Rajapur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.4%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1058**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1308**

**965

Working population ****59.8%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.4% for men and 43.7% for women. 62% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 24 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 267 (90%) · **■** Other work 5 (2%) · **■** Marginal 2 (1%)

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

- Ekmail507 people
- Katna507 people
- Chak Gobinda502 people
- Digra499 people
- Dhaltara497 people
- Chak Bhriguram477 people
- Jamrail477 people
- Rajarampur477 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rajapur?498 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rajapur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rajapur?53.4% (Census 2011)