# Rajaband Village, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Rajaband

Rajaband is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **505 people in 121 households**, the 106th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 505people (2011)
- 121households
- 72.5%literacy
- 1,020females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rajaband

Of every 100 households in Rajaband in 2011, 16 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Rajaband · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**86%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**30%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****35%**

**34%

Television ****5%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**17%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Rajaband?

■ Rajaband · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.5%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1020**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****970**

**979

Working population ****63.8%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.0% for men and 63.2% for women. 64% of men and 63% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 35 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 30 (9%) · **■** Household industry 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 98 (30%) · **■** Marginal 153 (48%)

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 Jhargram

- Santballa512 people
- Shalukageria509 people
- Bardanga508 people
- Kotusol508 people
- Metial504 people
- Dakshin Sole503 people
- Narayanpur502 people
- Giria499 people

[All 604 villages in Jhargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jhargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rajaband?505 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rajaband in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rajaband?72.5% (Census 2011)