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

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Village · Panskura, Purba Medinipur 

# Rajsahar

Rajsahar is a village in Panskura sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,026 people in 219 households**, the 107th largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.

- 1,026people (2011)
- 219households
- 77.0%literacy
- 977females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rajsahar

Of every 100 households in Rajsahar in 2011, 58 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Rajsahar · ■ Panskura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****42%**

**22%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**8%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****27%**

**36%

Television ****29%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**15%

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 Rajsahar?

■ Rajsahar · ■ Panskura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.0%**

**83.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****895**

**949

Working population ****40.3%**

**45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.6% for men and 68.3% for women. 64% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 127 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 120 (29%) · **■** Household industry 23 (6%) · **■** Other work 135 (33%) · **■** Marginal 8 (2%)

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

- Ramgar1,059 people
- Kenduara1,044 people
- Alugram Barada1,034 people
- Rajnarayan Chak1,032 people
- Dakshin Maynadal1,024 people
- Gaurangapur1,020 people
- Maguri Uttarsai1,020 people
- Kaya1,013 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rajsahar?1,026 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rajsahar in?Purba Medinipur district (Panskura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rajsahar?77.0% (Census 2011)