# Rasikpur Village, Gazole, Maldah (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Gazole, Maldah 

# Rasikpur

Rasikpur is a village in Gazole sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,261 people in 257 households**, the 78th largest of 286 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.1%.

- 1,261people (2011)
- 257households
- 67.4%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rasikpur

Of every 100 households in Rasikpur in 2011, 1 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Rasikpur · ■ Gazole rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**75%

Tap water ****32%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**12%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****19%**

**33%

Television ****0%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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 Rasikpur?

■ Rasikpur · ■ Gazole rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.4%**

**62.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****947**

**979

Working population ****32.2%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.0% for men and 62.5% for women. 57% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 218 (54%) · **■** Farm labourers 47 (12%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 61 (15%) · **■** Marginal 77 (19%)

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 Gazole

- Nijgram1,305 people
- Nalpur1,295 people
- Sahazadpur1,275 people
- Atghara1,261 people
- Bhadar1,251 people
- Sahil1,232 people
- Bolbari1,227 people
- Uttar Naogram1,220 people

[All 291 villages in Gazole](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/gazole/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rasikpur?1,261 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rasikpur in?Maldah district (Gazole sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rasikpur?67.4% (Census 2011)