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

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Raypur

Raypur is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,020 people in 243 households**, the 74th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 1,020people (2011)
- 243households
- 65.3%literacy
- 1,020females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Raypur

Of every 100 households in Raypur in 2011, 46 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Raypur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**65%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****51%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****58%**

**41%

Television ****29%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****26%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Raypur?

■ Raypur · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.3%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1020**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1136**

**965

Working population ****47.1%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.7% for men and 55.9% for women. 62% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 123 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 130 (27%) · **■** Other work 75 (16%) · **■** Marginal 152 (32%)

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

- Salgoan1,039 people
- Majhigram1,031 people
- Chak Andharu1,025 people
- Belgharia1,022 people
- Madhabpara1,004 people
- Alipur1,003 people
- Mahala992 people
- Bijoyshri983 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Raypur?1,020 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Raypur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Raypur?65.3% (Census 2011)