# Raichenga Village, Falakata, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Falakata, Jalpaiguri 

# Raichenga

Raichenga is a village in Falakata sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **12,892 people in 3,061 households**, the 1st largest of 60 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.6%.

- 12,892people (2011)
- 3,061households
- 79.8%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Raichenga

Of every 100 households in Raichenga in 2011, 65 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 22 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Raichenga · ■ Falakata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****65%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**55%

No toilet (open defecation) ****31%**

**43%

Tap water ****36%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****68%**

**78%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****22%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****75%**

**95%

Use banking services ****31%**

**20%

Television ****41%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****31%**

**33%

Own their home ****92%**

**90%

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 Raichenga?

■ Raichenga · ■ Falakata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.8%**

**70.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****944**

**941

Working population ****36.3%**

**39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.5% for men and 74.9% for women. 58% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 506 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 812 (17%) · **■** Household industry 115 (2%) · **■** Other work 2,752 (59%) · **■** Marginal 500 (11%)

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 Falakata

- Chuakhola8,149 people
- Hedayet Nagar6,894 people
- Mairadanga6,167 people
- Deomali5,949 people

[All 60 villages in Falakata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/falakata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Raichenga?12,892 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Raichenga in?Jalpaiguri district (Falakata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Raichenga?79.8% (Census 2011)