# Rukminipur Village, Egra - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Rukminipur

Rukminipur is a village in Egra - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,956 people in 619 households**, the 15th largest of 115 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 2,956people (2011)
- 619households
- 86.0%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rukminipur

Of every 100 households in Rukminipur in 2011, 38 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rukminipur · ■ Egra - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**4%

Tap water ****4%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****30%**

**33%

Television ****16%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**32%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Rukminipur?

■ Rukminipur · ■ Egra - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.0%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****933**

**953

Working population ****36.5%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.6% for men and 78.7% for women. 61% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 252 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 198 (18%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 223 (21%) · **■** Marginal 398 (37%)

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 Egra - II

- Bhatda3,991 people
- Kultikri3,960 people
- Bara Nalgerya3,596 people
- Uttar Silampur3,583 people
- Dulalpur2,766 people
- Maheshpur2,642 people
- Urdhabpur2,610 people
- Rajendra Chak2,483 people

[All 117 villages in Egra - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rukminipur?2,956 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rukminipur in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rukminipur?86.0% (Census 2011)