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

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Village · Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur 

# Rahatpur

Rahatpur is a village in Ghatal sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **455 people in 116 households**, the 116th largest of 139 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.1%.

- 455people (2011)
- 116households
- 62.3%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rahatpur

Of every 100 households in Rahatpur in 2011, 27 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rahatpur · ■ Ghatal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**57%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**13%

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

**4%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****3%**

**37%

Television ****4%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**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 Rahatpur?

■ Rahatpur · ■ Ghatal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.3%**

**81.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****926**

**959

Working population ****31.0%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.6% for men and 49.5% for women. 56% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 9 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 105 (74%) · **■** Household industry 4 (3%) · **■** Other work 12 (9%) · **■** Marginal 11 (8%)

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

- Hemnagar495 people
- Thabapur481 people
- Nishchindipur475 people
- Kunarsaha468 people
- Mohanchak450 people
- Kanchiya449 people
- Malancha447 people
- Singhachak445 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rahatpur?455 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rahatpur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Ghatal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rahatpur?62.3% (Census 2011)