# Rajapur Village, Gaighata – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Rajapur

Rajapur is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,621 people in 861 households**, the 23rd largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 3,621people (2011)
- 861households
- 79.0%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rajapur

Of every 100 households in Rajapur in 2011, 41 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Rajapur · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**95%

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

**3%

Tap water ****19%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****67%**

**46%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**91%

Use banking services ****42%**

**47%

Television ****17%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**3%

None of these assets ****19%**

**17%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Rajapur?

■ Rajapur · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.0%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****813**

**965

Working population ****39.5%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.6% for men and 74.4% for women. 59% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 543 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 520 (36%) · **■** Household industry 16 (1%) · **■** Other work 206 (14%) · **■** Marginal 145 (10%)

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 Gaighata

- Gaighata3,878 people
- Shashadanga3,855 people
- Simuliapara3,678 people
- Baghna3,639 people
- Deopuli3,583 people
- Barasehana3,495 people
- Jhaudanga3,476 people
- Dogachhia3,426 people

[All 100 villages in Gaighata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/gaighata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rajapur?3,621 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rajapur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rajapur?79.0% (Census 2011)