# Raypur Village, Khejuri - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Khejuri - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Raypur

Raypur is a village in Khejuri - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **501 people in 89 households**, the 75th largest of 97 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 94.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 85.4%.

- 501people (2011)
- 89households
- 94.3%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Raypur

Of every 100 households in Raypur in 2011, 51 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Raypur · ■ Khejuri - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****14%**

**9%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

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

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****29%**

**36%

Television ****12%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****28%**

**28%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Raypur?

■ Raypur · ■ Khejuri - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****94.3%**

**85.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1138**

**977

Working population ****37.7%**

**33.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.2% for men and 90.1% for women. 59% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 32 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 34 (18%) · **■** Other work 67 (35%) · **■** Marginal 56 (30%)

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 Khejuri - II

- Pirijpur577 people
- Alichak550 people
- Ser Chak534 people
- Jafar Chak504 people
- Chak Arak Bari463 people
- Hemanta Chak438 people
- Nona Pata434 people
- Bara Kasha Phalia418 people

[All 99 villages in Khejuri - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/khejuri-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Raypur?501 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Raypur in?Purba Medinipur district (Khejuri - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Raypur?94.3% (Census 2011)