# Rajipur Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Rajipur

Rajipur is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,659 people in 897 households**, the 13th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 3,659people (2011)
- 897households
- 75.7%literacy
- 980females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rajipur

Of every 100 households in Rajipur in 2011, 40 had electricity, 53 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Rajipur · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****53%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**48%

Tap water ****5%**

**19%

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

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**84%

Use banking services ****55%**

**58%

Television ****22%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**13%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****14%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Rajipur?

■ Rajipur · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.7%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****980**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****883**

**962

Working population ****47.3%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.9% for men and 68.4% for women. 64% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 306 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,020 (59%) · **■** Household industry 37 (2%) · **■** Other work 144 (8%) · **■** Marginal 225 (13%)

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 Dhaniakhali

- Samaspur4,113 people
- Paschim Gopinathpur3,825 people
- Dhaniakhali3,738 people
- Mreja Nagar3,729 people
- Palasi3,618 people
- Bishnupur3,361 people
- Chautara3,353 people
- Gangeshnagar3,333 people

[All 214 villages in Dhaniakhali](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/dhaniakhali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rajipur?3,659 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rajipur in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rajipur?75.7% (Census 2011)