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

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Village · Tamluk, Purba Medinipur 

# Rajnagar

Rajnagar is a village in Tamluk sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **730 people in 147 households**, the 88th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.9%.

- 730people (2011)
- 147households
- 81.4%literacy
- 858females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rajnagar

Of every 100 households in Rajnagar in 2011, 60 had electricity, 51 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Rajnagar · ■ Tamluk rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****51%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**20%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**91%

Use banking services ****9%**

**45%

Television ****38%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**20%

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 Rajnagar?

■ Rajnagar · ■ Tamluk rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.4%**

**86.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****858**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****950**

**972

Working population ****53.8%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.8% for men and 71.6% for women. 62% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 15 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (2%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 10 (3%) · **■** Marginal 358 (91%)

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 Tamluk

- Purbacharandaschak794 people
- Gopinathpur Baharjala778 people
- Kankurkhana748 people
- Lalitageria731 people
- Satkalua729 people
- Haridaspur721 people
- Purbakola711 people
- Gholchak685 people

[All 99 villages in Tamluk](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/tamluk/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rajnagar?730 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rajnagar in?Purba Medinipur district (Tamluk sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rajnagar?81.4% (Census 2011)