# Raychak Village, Diamond Harbour - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Diamond Harbour - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Raychak

Raychak is a village in Diamond Harbour - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,243 people in 282 households**, the 57th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.2%.

- 1,243people (2011)
- 282households
- 73.6%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Raychak

Of every 100 households in Raychak in 2011, 60 had electricity, 61 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Raychak · ■ Diamond Harbour - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****61%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****37%**

**41%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**84%

Use banking services ****42%**

**42%

Television ****24%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****51%**

**37%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Raychak?

■ Raychak · ■ Diamond Harbour - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.6%**

**77.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****953**

**937

Working population ****30.4%**

**36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.4% for men and 66.7% for women. 57% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 5 (1%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 133 (35%) · **■** Marginal 235 (62%)

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 Diamond Harbour - II

- Sriphalbaria1,379 people
- Pana1,266 people
- Goragachha1,256 people
- Khanjapur1,251 people
- Kankjal Pashchim1,236 people
- Chakloknath1,232 people
- Sankarparulia1,221 people
- Tapha1,214 people

[All 91 villages in Diamond Harbour - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/diamond-harbour-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Raychak?1,243 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Raychak in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Diamond Harbour - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Raychak?73.6% (Census 2011)