# Rajdih Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Rajdih

Rajdih is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,331 people in 235 households**, the 33rd largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 1,331people (2011)
- 235households
- 51.4%literacy
- 1,002females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rajdih

Of every 100 households in Rajdih in 2011, 8 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Rajdih · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**5%

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

**0%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****20%**

**41%

Television ****1%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Rajdih?

■ Rajdih · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.4%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1002**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1084**

**957

Working population ****43.3%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.5% for men and 36.1% for women. 58% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 365 (63%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (3%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 3 (1%) · **■** Marginal 188 (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 Barabazar

- Kudlung1,445 people
- Tumrashou1,399 people
- Baramukru1,371 people
- Chandanpur1,359 people
- Rautora1,298 people
- Damda1,292 people
- Pattoria1,278 people
- Bardaha1,222 people

[All 215 villages in Barabazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/barabazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rajdih?1,331 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rajdih in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rajdih?51.4% (Census 2011)