# Kharua Rajapur Village, Bongaon – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kharua Rajapur

Kharua Rajapur is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,591 people in 396 households**, the 96th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 1,591people (2011)
- 396households
- 89.9%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kharua Rajapur

Of every 100 households in Kharua Rajapur in 2011, 64 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kharua Rajapur · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**19%

Tap water ****2%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****65%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**92%

Use banking services ****29%**

**38%

Television ****13%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****24%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Kharua Rajapur?

■ Kharua Rajapur · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.9%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1157**

**962

Working population ****29.2%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.2% for men and 85.4% for women. 53% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 63 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 344 (74%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 33 (7%) · **■** Marginal 24 (5%)

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 Bongaon

- Satashi1,637 people
- Shukpukuria1,615 people
- Naoda1,604 people
- Saishpur1,603 people
- Dakshin Kanakpur1,547 people
- Natidanga1,543 people
- Shubha Ratnapur1,532 people
- Madhabpur1,478 people

[All 150 villages in Bongaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bongaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kharua Rajapur?1,591 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharua Rajapur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kharua Rajapur?89.9% (Census 2011)