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

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Village · Ranaghat - II, Nadia 

# Rakhalgachi

Rakhalgachi is a village in Ranaghat - II sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,101 people in 446 households**, the 62nd largest of 108 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.4%.

- 2,101people (2011)
- 446households
- 73.2%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rakhalgachi

Of every 100 households in Rakhalgachi in 2011, 40 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Rakhalgachi · ■ Ranaghat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**83%

No toilet (open defecation) ****31%**

**15%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****72%**

**80%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**88%

Use banking services ****2%**

**42%

Television ****7%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****25%**

**20%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Rakhalgachi?

■ Rakhalgachi · ■ Ranaghat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.2%**

**78.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**956

Working population ****41.9%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.3% for men and 71.9% for women. 64% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 336 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 361 (41%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 86 (10%) · **■** Marginal 95 (11%)

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

- Kumarshatpur2,160 people
- Anantapur2,151 people
- Chandpur2,144 people
- Paschim Simulia2,119 people
- Kusharia2,037 people
- Shrirampur2,034 people
- Eruli1,894 people
- Barahata1,863 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rakhalgachi?2,101 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rakhalgachi in?Nadia district (Ranaghat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rakhalgachi?73.2% (Census 2011)