# Raychak Village, Moyna, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Moyna, Purba Medinipur 

# Raychak

Raychak is a village in Moyna sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,386 people in 572 households**, the 36th largest of 85 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.4%.

- 2,386people (2011)
- 572households
- 89.3%literacy
- 903females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Raychak

Of every 100 households in Raychak in 2011, 58 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Raychak · ■ Moyna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**36%

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

**77%

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

**18%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****14%**

**31%

Television ****10%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**32%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Raychak?

■ Raychak · ■ Moyna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.3%**

**86.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****903**

**923

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****852**

**940

Working population ****42.7%**

**38.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.1% for men and 84.0% for women. 57% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 156 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 95 (9%) · **■** Household industry 5 (0%) · **■** Other work 124 (12%) · **■** Marginal 640 (63%)

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 Moyna

- Shri Brindaban Chak2,776 people
- Haridaspur2,701 people
- Naichhanpur2,677 people
- Harduya Chak2,533 people
- Ijmali Chak2,344 people
- Goramahal2,342 people
- Brajaballabapur2,321 people
- Uttampur2,287 people

[All 85 villages in Moyna](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/moyna/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Raychak?2,386 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Raychak in?Purba Medinipur district (Moyna sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Raychak?89.3% (Census 2011)