# Rajakhanda Village, Puncha, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Puncha, Puruliya 

# Rajakhanda

Rajakhanda is a village in Puncha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **768 people in 149 households**, the 58th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 768people (2011)
- 149households
- 62.0%literacy
- 1,026females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rajakhanda

Of every 100 households in Rajakhanda in 2011, 24 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Rajakhanda · ■ Puncha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**5%

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

**2%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****23%**

**34%

Television ****13%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**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 Rajakhanda?

■ Rajakhanda · ■ Puncha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.0%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1026**

**976

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1075**

**969

Working population ****55.7%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.6% for men and 46.7% for women. 59% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 82 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 57 (13%) · **■** Other work 37 (9%) · **■** Marginal 252 (59%)

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

- Narendrapur817 people
- Negurya797 people
- Dhabani771 people
- Babuijor768 people
- Kuchung764 people
- Joykalla730 people
- Debgram709 people
- Ramaidi698 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rajakhanda?768 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rajakhanda in?Puruliya district (Puncha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rajakhanda?62.0% (Census 2011)