# Rakshyara Village, Hura, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Hura, Puruliya 

# Rakshyara

Rakshyara is a village in Hura sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,387 people in 486 households**, the 15th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 2,387people (2011)
- 486households
- 70.0%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rakshyara

Of every 100 households in Rakshyara in 2011, 34 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Rakshyara · ■ Hura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**75%

Use banking services ****89%**

**41%

Television ****23%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****46%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Rakshyara?

■ Rakshyara · ■ Hura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.0%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1089**

**954

Working population ****36.8%**

**48.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.0% for men and 55.3% for women. 53% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 145 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 456 (52%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 194 (22%) · **■** Marginal 75 (9%)

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 Hura

- Baragram3,060 people
- Dhabani3,035 people
- Lakshanpur2,973 people
- Tanginayada2,483 people
- Kudlung2,358 people
- Nawadi2,235 people
- Hatikundar2,125 people
- Kulgara2,075 people

[All 116 villages in Hura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/hura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rakshyara?2,387 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rakshyara in?Puruliya district (Hura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rakshyara?70.0% (Census 2011)