# Rahimpur Village, Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Rahimpur

Rahimpur is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **596 people in 144 households**, the 82nd largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 596people (2011)
- 144households
- 61.8%literacy
- 987females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rahimpur

Of every 100 households in Rahimpur in 2011, 20 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rahimpur · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**27%

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

**5%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****44%**

**32%

Television ****16%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****17%**

**29%

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 Rahimpur?

■ Rahimpur · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.8%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****987**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****951**

**972

Working population ****37.8%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.7% for men and 47.9% for women. 61% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 113 (50%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (8%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 26 (12%) · **■** Marginal 68 (30%)

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 Bansihari

- Baraharipur661 people
- Kanur652 people
- Dhumpara622 people
- Ilaspur605 people
- Andhar Manik590 people
- Pichhala590 people
- Shisha579 people
- Gopalpur572 people

[All 161 villages in Bansihari](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/bansihari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rahimpur?596 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rahimpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rahimpur?61.8% (Census 2011)