# Rajnagar Village, Panskura, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Panskura, Purba Medinipur 

# Rajnagar

Rajnagar is a village in Panskura sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,565 people in 381 households**, the 65th largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.

- 1,565people (2011)
- 381households
- 79.4%literacy
- 1,006females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rajnagar

Of every 100 households in Rajnagar in 2011, 66 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rajnagar · ■ Panskura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**8%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****36%**

**36%

Television ****30%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**15%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Rajnagar?

■ Rajnagar · ■ Panskura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.4%**

**83.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1006**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1040**

**949

Working population ****45.1%**

**45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.4% for men and 72.4% for women. 62% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 128 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 164 (23%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 174 (25%) · **■** Marginal 231 (33%)

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 Panskura

- Hanrijhama1,654 people
- Gopimohanpur1,634 people
- Baidbar1,606 people
- Beraberia1,600 people
- Dharenda1,552 people
- Gotpota1,540 people
- Kalai1,532 people
- Harinarayan Chak1,512 people

[All 230 villages in Panskura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/panskura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rajnagar?1,565 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rajnagar in?Purba Medinipur district (Panskura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rajnagar?79.4% (Census 2011)