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

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Rajapur

Rajapur is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **305 people in 69 households**, the 128th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 305people (2011)
- 69households
- 71.3%literacy
- 993females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rajapur

Of every 100 households in Rajapur in 2011, 28 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rajapur · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**89%

Use banking services ****13%**

**32%

Television ****20%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****32%**

**29%

Own their home ****90%**

**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 Rajapur?

■ Rajapur · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.3%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****993**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****733**

**972

Working population ****30.2%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.0% for men and 63.8% for women. 50% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 68 (74%) · **■** Other work 2 (2%) · **■** Marginal 22 (24%)

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

- Raghabnagar342 people
- Paharpur341 people
- Sardarpur328 people
- Uttar Srirampur312 people
- Mahabari297 people
- Biralipara281 people
- Jadupur278 people
- Jasodapur263 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rajapur?305 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rajapur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rajapur?71.3% (Census 2011)