# Rajeswarpur Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Rajeswarpur

Rajeswarpur is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,003 people in 262 households**, the 77th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 1,003people (2011)
- 262households
- 79.2%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rajeswarpur

Of every 100 households in Rajeswarpur in 2011, 5 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Rajeswarpur · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****24%**

**26%

Television ****4%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****45%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Rajeswarpur?

■ Rajeswarpur · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.2%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1018**

**954

Working population ****58.8%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.2% for men and 73.8% for women. 65% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 47 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 301 (51%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 17 (3%) · **■** Marginal 222 (38%)

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 Tapan

- Bad Sankair1,055 people
- Bandihar1,051 people
- Uttar Mahadebpur1,051 people
- Bhadrail1,049 people
- Sarifabad985 people
- Bajitpur982 people
- Sihur980 people
- Chak Prabhuram962 people

[All 279 villages in Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rajeswarpur?1,003 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rajeswarpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rajeswarpur?79.2% (Census 2011)