# Rajra Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Rajra

Rajra is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,532 people in 328 households**, the 31st largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 1,532people (2011)
- 328households
- 70.1%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rajra

Of every 100 households in Rajra in 2011, 35 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rajra · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

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

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**84%

Use banking services ****37%**

**50%

Television ****22%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**21%

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 Rajra?

■ Rajra · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.1%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****882**

**937

Working population ****37.3%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.5% for men and 54.7% for women. 55% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 34 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 182 (32%) · **■** Marginal 350 (61%)

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 Kashipur

- Kalapathar1,649 people
- Sonathol1,586 people
- Chakalta1,538 people
- Jekro Alias Panchagora1,534 people
- Seja1,531 people
- Kalloli1,524 people
- Kathgora1,453 people
- Rambani1,450 people

[All 209 villages in Kashipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/kashipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rajra?1,532 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rajra in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rajra?70.1% (Census 2011)