# Raikhan Village, Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Raikhan

Raikhan is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **864 people in 175 households**, the 67th largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 864people (2011)
- 175households
- 75.3%literacy
- 895females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Raikhan

Of every 100 households in Raikhan in 2011, 3 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Raikhan · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**33%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****58%**

**93%

Use banking services ****5%**

**25%

Television ****8%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**33%

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 Raikhan?

■ Raikhan · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.3%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****895**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1200**

**951

Working population ****29.6%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.0% for men and 69.8% for women. 46% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 59 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 154 (60%) · **■** Other work 17 (7%) · **■** Marginal 26 (10%)

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 Kumarganj

- Badangina930 people
- Dakshin Ramkrishnapur923 people
- Kharmar Bodra909 people
- Chhatma865 people
- Buribar860 people
- Enatullapur Munjarichak853 people
- Narayanpur852 people
- Khanpur838 people

[All 218 villages in Kumarganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kumarganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Raikhan?864 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Raikhan in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Raikhan?75.3% (Census 2011)