Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur
# Rajnagar

Rajnagar is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,689 people in 413 households, the 22nd largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.
- 1,689 people (2011)
- 413 households
- 66.2% literacy
- 1,013 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rajnagar

Of every 100 households in Rajnagar in 2011, 79 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rajnagar · ■ Dantan - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 79% 40%
- Toilet within the home 45% 40%
- No toilet (open defecation) 55% 59%
- Tap water 3% 2%
- Drinking water within premises 21% 39%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 97%
- Use banking services 87% 62%
- Television 10% 13%
- Mobile phone 16% 33%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 4% 7%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 21% 22%
- Own their home 99% 97%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Rajnagar?

■ Rajnagar · ■ Dantan - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 66.2% 73.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1013 964
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1090 963
- Working population 45.4% 37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.6% for men and 57.8% for women. 56% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 19 (2%) · ■ Farm labourers 71 (9%) · ■ Other work 40 (5%) · ■ Marginal 637 (83%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Dantan - I
- Sonakania 1,848 people
- Kuhura 1,819 people
- Nimpur 1,801 people
- Bara Baghra 1,765 people
- Saorapir 1,665 people
- Bamanbirua 1,658 people
- Antri 1,613 people
- Gopinathpur 1,584 people

All 198 villages in Dantan - I

## Other places named Rajnagar
- Rajnagar · Sub-district, Chhatarpur · 255,004 people
- Rajnagar · Sub-district, Madhubani · 246,933 people
- Rajnagar · Sub-district, Kendrapara · 163,450 people
- Rajnagar · Sub-district, South Tripura · 94,211 people
- Rajnagar · Sub-district, Birbhum · 77,979 people
- Rajnagar · Town, Chhatarpur · 14,253 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Rajnagar? 1,689 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rajnagar in? Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rajnagar? 66.2% (Census 2011)

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