# Rupapatia Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Rupapatia

Rupapatia is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,933 people in 365 households**, the 10th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 1,933people (2011)
- 365households
- 55.9%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rupapatia

Of every 100 households in Rupapatia in 2011, 7 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Rupapatia · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**22%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**5%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****32%**

**85%

Use banking services ****45%**

**41%

Television ****6%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Rupapatia?

■ Rupapatia · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.9%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****882**

**957

Working population ****36.3%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.8% for men and 39.6% for women. 45% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 278 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 89 (13%) · **■** Household industry 20 (3%) · **■** Other work 87 (12%) · **■** Marginal 227 (32%)

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

- Ulda2,029 people
- Latpada2,016 people
- Puryara1,995 people
- Bhagaband1,946 people
- Banjora1,903 people
- Herbana1,834 people
- Bhikari Chilema1,821 people
- Raygara1,800 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rupapatia?1,933 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rupapatia in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rupapatia?55.9% (Census 2011)