# Rapkata Village, Balarampur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Balarampur, Puruliya 

# Rapkata

Rapkata is a village in Balarampur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,211 people in 244 households**, the 38th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 1,211people (2011)
- 244households
- 74.0%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rapkata

Of every 100 households in Rapkata in 2011, 20 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rapkata · ■ Balarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****49%**

**97%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****85%**

**39%

Television ****11%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 Rapkata?

■ Rapkata · ■ Balarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.0%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1186**

**939

Working population ****53.3%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.7% for men and 55.2% for women. 57% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 33 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 18 (3%) · **■** Marginal 586 (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 Balarampur

- Baraha Chatarma1,306 people
- Jugidi Kashidi1,305 people
- Nekre1,297 people
- Kurni1,288 people
- Siringi1,211 people
- Baghadih1,208 people
- Gohaldang1,160 people
- Kadamdih1,148 people

[All 90 villages in Balarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/balarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rapkata?1,211 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rapkata in?Puruliya district (Balarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rapkata?74.0% (Census 2011)