# Rainchak Village, Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur 

# Rainchak

Rainchak is a village in Midnapore sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **220 people in 48 households**, the 187th largest of 232 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 95.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 220people (2011)
- 48households
- 95.6%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rainchak

Of every 100 households in Rainchak in 2011, 52 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rainchak · ■ Midnapore rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**68%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**18%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**90%

Use banking services ****0%**

**32%

Television ****4%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Rainchak?

■ Rainchak · ■ Midnapore rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****95.6%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****762**

**968

Working population ****61.8%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.9% for men and 92.2% for women. 65% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 27 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 102 (75%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 6 (4%)

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 Midnapore

- Jethantar228 people
- Jhunjhuni227 people
- Kanandihi225 people
- Binpur221 people
- Chhaladan217 people
- Bargechhia210 people
- Kaoamari209 people
- Ansabandhi199 people

[All 271 villages in Midnapore](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/midnapore/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rainchak?220 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rainchak in?Paschim Medinipur district (Midnapore sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rainchak?95.6% (Census 2011)