# Radhakantapur Village, Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur 

# Radhakantapur

Radhakantapur is a village in Ghatal sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,003 people in 182 households**, the 74th largest of 139 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.1%.

- 1,003people (2011)
- 182households
- 85.4%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Radhakantapur

Of every 100 households in Radhakantapur in 2011, 54 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Radhakantapur · ■ Ghatal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**57%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**49%

Tap water ****1%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**13%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****23%**

**37%

Television ****14%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 · ■ Ghatal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.4%**

**81.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1037**

**959

Working population ****35.1%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.1% for men and 79.5% for women. 64% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 229 (65%) · **■** Farm labourers 38 (11%) · **■** Other work 77 (22%) · **■** Marginal 8 (2%)

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 Ghatal

- Baranadi1,061 people
- Jay Krishnapur1,051 people
- Masharpur1,027 people
- Konarpur1,009 people
- Shimulia988 people
- Digha-Anandpur987 people
- Pathra987 people
- Shimulia985 people

[All 145 villages in Ghatal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/ghatal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Radhakantapur?1,003 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Radhakantapur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Ghatal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Radhakantapur?85.4% (Census 2011)