# Raghunathpur Village, Puncha, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Raghunathpur

Raghunathpur is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **891 people in 176 households**, the 48th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 891people (2011)
- 176households
- 68.1%literacy
- 1,030females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Raghunathpur

Of every 100 households in Raghunathpur in 2011, 12 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Raghunathpur · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

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

**5%

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

**2%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****31%**

**34%

Television ****2%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Raghunathpur?

■ Raghunathpur · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.1%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1030**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****981**

**969

Working population ****64.0%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.7% for men and 52.0% for women. 67% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 124 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 28 (5%) · **■** Other work 22 (4%) · **■** Marginal 396 (69%)

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 Puncha

- Kundhurka1,121 people
- Gangadi999 people
- Balakdi982 people
- Panruda969 people
- Gagda852 people
- Sargara841 people
- Arali837 people
- Samakata830 people

[All 109 villages in Puncha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/puncha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Raghunathpur?891 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Raghunathpur in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Raghunathpur?68.1% (Census 2011)