# Raidi Village, Raghunathpur - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Raghunathpur - I, Puruliya 

# Raidi

Raidi is a village in Raghunathpur - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,754 people in 265 households**, the 19th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.2%.

- 1,754people (2011)
- 265households
- 70.4%literacy
- 986females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Raidi

Of every 100 households in Raidi in 2011, 4 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Raidi · ■ Raghunathpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**32%

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

**11%

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

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**9%

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

**5%

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

**71%

Use banking services ****4%**

**46%

Television ****2%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**22%

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 Raidi?

■ Raidi · ■ Raghunathpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.4%**

**64.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****986**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****947**

**964

Working population ****21.7%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.7% for men and 56.0% for women. 40% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 21 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 114 (30%) · **■** Marginal 240 (63%)

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 Raghunathpur - I

- Gopinathpur1,882 people
- Khajura1,871 people
- Chinpina1,861 people
- Ramkanali1,811 people
- Metyala1,731 people
- Metyal Sahar1,709 people
- Jiara1,635 people
- Salanchi1,476 people

[All 102 villages in Raghunathpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/raghunathpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Raidi?1,754 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Raidi in?Puruliya district (Raghunathpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Raidi?70.4% (Census 2011)