# Rajapur Village, Ranaghat - II, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Ranaghat - II, Nadia 

# Rajapur

Rajapur is a village in Ranaghat - II sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,726 people in 380 households**, the 72nd largest of 108 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.4%.

- 1,726people (2011)
- 380households
- 71.5%literacy
- 901females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rajapur

Of every 100 households in Rajapur in 2011, 30 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Rajapur · ■ Ranaghat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**83%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**15%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****71%**

**80%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**88%

Use banking services ****56%**

**42%

Television ****14%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****27%**

**20%

Own their home ****92%**

**96%

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 · ■ Ranaghat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.5%**

**78.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****901**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****943**

**956

Working population ****40.6%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.2% for men and 68.6% for women. 65% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 152 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 303 (43%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 72 (10%) · **■** Marginal 170 (24%)

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 Ranaghat - II

- Andulpota1,811 people
- Ghatigachhi1,802 people
- Bhat Bhanga1,768 people
- Purba Puthkhali1,728 people
- Petuapur1,625 people
- Khargadanga1,607 people
- Purba Simulia1,476 people
- Sijdia1,390 people

[All 110 villages in Ranaghat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/ranaghat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rajapur?1,726 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rajapur in?Nadia district (Ranaghat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rajapur?71.5% (Census 2011)