# Rajapur Village, Basirhat - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basirhat - II, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Rajapur

Rajapur is a village in Basirhat - II sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,423 people in 293 households**, the 49th largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.6%.

- 1,423people (2011)
- 293households
- 83.2%literacy
- 999females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rajapur

Of every 100 households in Rajapur in 2011, 49 had electricity, 83 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Rajapur · ■ Basirhat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****83%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****17%**

**22%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**33%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**93%

Use banking services ****39%**

**41%

Television ****15%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 · ■ Basirhat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.2%**

**77.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****999**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****976**

**969

Working population ****30.4%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.9% for men and 78.6% for women. 56% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 43 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 108 (25%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 148 (34%) · **■** Marginal 124 (29%)

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 Basirhat - II

- Swaruppur1,687 people
- Nagarkachua1,597 people
- Akatpur1,473 people
- Katiarbag1,430 people
- Bishnupur1,400 people
- Kalikapur1,392 people
- Shib Chandrapur1,360 people
- Ramnarayanpur1,271 people

[All 67 villages in Basirhat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/basirhat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rajapur?1,423 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rajapur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Basirhat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rajapur?83.2% (Census 2011)