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

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Rajuha

Rajuha is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,338 people in 318 households**, the 45th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 1,338people (2011)
- 318households
- 71.4%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rajuha

Of every 100 households in Rajuha in 2011, 50 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rajuha · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**65%

Tap water ****62%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**90%

Use banking services ****47%**

**41%

Television ****34%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****14%**

**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 Rajuha?

■ Rajuha · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.4%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1083**

**965

Working population ****33.5%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.9% for men and 61.9% for women. 55% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 197 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 68 (15%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 16 (4%) · **■** Marginal 162 (36%)

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

- Kuaran1,381 people
- Hariharpur1,370 people
- Atair1,355 people
- Daulla1,339 people
- Manail1,332 people
- Chakram1,320 people
- Haripur1,317 people
- Gongasagar1,285 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rajuha?1,338 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rajuha in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rajuha?71.4% (Census 2011)