# Raichandpur Village, Murshidabad Jiaganj – Population

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Village · Murshidabad Jiaganj, Murshidabad 

# Raichandpur

Raichandpur is a village in Murshidabad Jiaganj sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,784 people in 376 households**, the 49th largest of 127 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 1,784people (2011)
- 376households
- 84.2%literacy
- 892females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Raichandpur

Of every 100 households in Raichandpur in 2011, 69 had electricity, 64 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Raichandpur · ■ Murshidabad Jiaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****69%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****64%**

**41%

No toilet (open defecation) ****36%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**57%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**92%

Use banking services ****49%**

**38%

Television ****43%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**95%

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 Raichandpur?

■ Raichandpur · ■ Murshidabad Jiaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.2%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****892**

**936

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****937**

**960

Working population ****41.9%**

**36.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.5% for men and 78.3% for women. 56% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 21 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 166 (22%) · **■** Household industry 58 (8%) · **■** Other work 476 (64%) · **■** Marginal 26 (3%)

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 Murshidabad Jiaganj

- Dakshin Ganespur1,847 people
- Ambarnagar1,817 people
- Lalkuthi1,804 people
- Bati1,787 people
- Baranagar1,721 people
- Purba Gobindapur1,714 people
- Bahadurpur1,675 people
- Uttar Ganespur1,611 people

[All 132 villages in Murshidabad Jiaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/murshidabad-jiaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Raichandpur?1,784 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Raichandpur in?Murshidabad district (Murshidabad Jiaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Raichandpur?84.2% (Census 2011)