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

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Raypur

Raypur is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **612 people in 136 households**, the 123rd largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 612people (2011)
- 136households
- 56.3%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Raypur

Of every 100 households in Raypur in 2011, 24 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Raypur · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****9%**

**18%

Television ****14%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****62%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.3%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****982**

**955

Working population ****47.9%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.6% for men and 49.6% for women. 60% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 72 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 204 (70%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 8 (3%) · **■** Marginal 7 (2%)

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 Kushmundi

- Padamkuri637 people
- Chandpur630 people
- Narayanpur628 people
- Nurpur618 people
- Pathanpara611 people
- Sarenga609 people
- Debipur600 people
- Pachim Balarampur584 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Raypur?612 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Raypur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Raypur?56.3% (Census 2011)