# Raygara Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Raygara

Raygara is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,800 people in 297 households**, the 14th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 1,800people (2011)
- 297households
- 55.1%literacy
- 989females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Raygara

Of every 100 households in Raygara in 2011, 16 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Raygara · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**22%

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

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**96%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**5%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**85%

Use banking services ****41%**

**41%

Television ****4%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**18%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Raygara?

■ Raygara · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.1%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****989**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****829**

**957

Working population ****44.4%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.5% for men and 42.0% for women. 46% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 54 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 82 (10%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 117 (15%) · **■** Marginal 537 (67%)

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

- Rupapatia1,933 people
- Banjora1,903 people
- Herbana1,834 people
- Bhikari Chilema1,821 people
- Sukurhutu1,760 people
- Banduan1,688 people
- Tuima1,666 people
- Dhadanga1,614 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Raygara?1,800 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Raygara in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Raygara?55.1% (Census 2011)