# Rajapur Village, Chanchal - I, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Chanchal - I, Maldah 

# Rajapur

Rajapur is a village in Chanchal - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,651 people in 374 households**, the 47th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.7%.

- 1,651people (2011)
- 374households
- 71.9%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rajapur

Of every 100 households in Rajapur in 2011, 25 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Rajapur · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**72%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**27%

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

**5%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****4%**

**42%

Television ****12%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**34%

Own their home ****90%**

**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 Rajapur?

■ Rajapur · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.9%**

**64.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1071**

**944

Working population ****31.3%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.4% for men and 67.2% for women. 56% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 221 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 177 (34%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 49 (9%) · **■** Marginal 66 (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 Chanchal - I

- Kanua1,863 people
- Sanjib1,847 people
- Naikanda1,816 people
- Mahabbatpur1,727 people
- Uttar Gopalpur1,633 people
- Ashapur1,619 people
- Uttar Basantapur1,498 people
- Bakipur1,489 people

[All 100 villages in Chanchal - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/chanchal-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rajapur?1,651 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rajapur in?Maldah district (Chanchal - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rajapur?71.9% (Census 2011)