# Rachhulpur Village, Bongaon – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Rachhulpur

Rachhulpur is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,985 people in 720 households**, the 41st largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 2,985people (2011)
- 720households
- 80.4%literacy
- 892females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rachhulpur

Of every 100 households in Rachhulpur in 2011, 36 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Rachhulpur · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****85%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**19%

Tap water ****40%**

**10%

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

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**5%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****43%**

**38%

Television ****19%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****30%**

**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 Rachhulpur?

■ Rachhulpur · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.4%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****892**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****847**

**962

Working population ****32.8%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.5% for men and 74.6% for women. 58% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 296 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 347 (35%) · **■** Household industry 31 (3%) · **■** Other work 198 (20%) · **■** Marginal 106 (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 Bongaon

- Ambikapur Mamudpur3,248 people
- Pashchim Huda3,194 people
- Haridaspur3,101 people
- Gopinathpur3,025 people
- Akaipur2,979 people
- Paschim Panchbaria2,969 people
- Manikpol2,948 people
- Dakshin Sundarpur2,844 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 Rachhulpur?2,985 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rachhulpur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rachhulpur?80.4% (Census 2011)