# Radhakantapur Village, Daspur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Daspur - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Radhakantapur

Radhakantapur is a village in Daspur - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,473 people in 517 households**, the 15th largest of 157 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 84.0%.

- 2,473people (2011)
- 517households
- 79.8%literacy
- 991females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Radhakantapur

Of every 100 households in Radhakantapur in 2011, 86 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 79 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Radhakantapur · ■ Daspur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**70%

Toilet within the home ****76%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****24%**

**38%

Tap water ****80%**

**23%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**6%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****96%**

**59%

Television ****57%**

**36%

Mobile phone ****79%**

**55%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**13%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Radhakantapur?

■ Radhakantapur · ■ Daspur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.8%**

**84.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****991**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1036**

**972

Working population ****45.5%**

**41.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.6% for men and 73.9% for women. 62% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 205 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 116 (10%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 174 (15%) · **■** Marginal 626 (56%)

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 Daspur - I

- Suratpur2,763 people
- Shyam Sundarpur2,695 people
- Surjanagar2,567 people
- Ranapur2,502 people
- Rabidaspur2,444 people
- Kalara2,363 people
- Beliaghata2,196 people
- Panchberya2,164 people

[All 162 villages in Daspur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/daspur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Radhakantapur?2,473 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Radhakantapur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Daspur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Radhakantapur?79.8% (Census 2011)