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

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Village · Tamluk, Purba Medinipur 

# Rasikpur

Rasikpur is a village in Tamluk sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,981 people in 476 households**, the 43rd largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.9%.

- 1,981people (2011)
- 476households
- 88.8%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rasikpur

Of every 100 households in Rasikpur in 2011, 44 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Rasikpur · ■ Tamluk rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****30%**

**20%

Tap water ****19%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**7%

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

**3%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****36%**

**45%

Television ****17%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**20%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Rasikpur?

■ Rasikpur · ■ Tamluk rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.8%**

**86.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****687**

**972

Working population ****36.2%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.4% for men and 84.0% for women. 56% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 44 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 42 (6%) · **■** Household industry 65 (9%) · **■** Other work 302 (42%) · **■** Marginal 264 (37%)

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

- Naikurijagannath Chak-I2,045 people
- Hijalberya2,040 people
- Tulia Jadubar2,029 people
- Gaurangapur2,004 people
- Amgechhya1,928 people
- Shalikadhanichak1,919 people
- Kakgechhya1,909 people
- Payarchali1,903 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rasikpur?1,981 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rasikpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Tamluk sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rasikpur?88.8% (Census 2011)