# Rajnagar Village, Basirhat - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basirhat - II, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Rajnagar

Rajnagar is a village in Basirhat - II sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,930 people in 689 households**, the 25th largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.6%.

- 2,930people (2011)
- 689households
- 87.3%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rajnagar

Of every 100 households in Rajnagar in 2011, 77 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Rajnagar · ■ Basirhat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****77%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****55%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**93%

Use banking services ****53%**

**41%

Television ****42%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**26%

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 Rajnagar?

■ Rajnagar · ■ Basirhat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.3%**

**77.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****907**

**969

Working population ****34.0%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.1% for men and 83.5% for women. 61% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 94 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 118 (12%) · **■** Household industry 93 (9%) · **■** Other work 415 (42%) · **■** Marginal 276 (28%)

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

- Kankra3,205 people
- Jhuruli2,967 people
- Sitalia2,955 people
- Swarupnagar2,932 people
- Chandigari2,899 people
- Beler Dhanyakuria2,850 people
- Dakshin Debipur2,815 people
- Paschim Bibipur2,805 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 Rajnagar?2,930 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rajnagar in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Basirhat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rajnagar?87.3% (Census 2011)