# Raitanbag Village, Murshidabad Jiaganj – Population & Literacy

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Village · Murshidabad Jiaganj, Murshidabad 

# Raitanbag

Raitanbag is a village in Murshidabad Jiaganj sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,544 people in 347 households**, the 55th largest of 127 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 1,544people (2011)
- 347households
- 82.8%literacy
- 995females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Raitanbag

Of every 100 households in Raitanbag in 2011, 55 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Raitanbag · ■ Murshidabad Jiaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****55%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****65%**

**41%

No toilet (open defecation) ****23%**

**58%

Tap water ****40%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****83%**

**57%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****65%**

**38%

Television ****35%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**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 Raitanbag?

■ Raitanbag · ■ Murshidabad Jiaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.8%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****995**

**936

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1026**

**960

Working population ****30.8%**

**36.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.8% for men and 79.9% for women. 56% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 120 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 166 (35%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 181 (38%) · **■** Marginal 7 (1%)

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

- Purba Gobindapur1,714 people
- Bahadurpur1,675 people
- Uttar Ganespur1,611 people
- Chandipur1,547 people
- Bagdhar1,520 people
- Birampur1,500 people
- Ukta1,392 people
- Hasnabad1,388 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Raitanbag?1,544 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Raitanbag in?Murshidabad district (Murshidabad Jiaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Raitanbag?82.8% (Census 2011)