# Rukhia Village, Falta – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Falta, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Rukhia

Rukhia is a village in Falta sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,680 people in 553 households**, the 24th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.

- 2,680people (2011)
- 553households
- 57.6%literacy
- 993females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rukhia

Of every 100 households in Rukhia in 2011, 37 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rukhia · ■ Falta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****40%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**2%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**91%

Use banking services ****22%**

**37%

Television ****11%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****57%**

**37%

Own their home ****97%**

**97%

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 Rukhia?

■ Rukhia · ■ Falta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.6%**

**76.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****993**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1037**

**965

Working population ****33.5%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.3% for men and 51.8% for women. 56% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 12 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 123 (14%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 469 (52%) · **■** Marginal 288 (32%)

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 Falta

- Noapukhuria2,882 people
- Dona2,877 people
- Paschhim Gopalpur2,769 people
- Gobindapur2,730 people
- Ponkamra2,664 people
- Ghanasyampur2,651 people
- Punya2,583 people
- Dostapur2,538 people

[All 129 villages in Falta](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/falta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rukhia?2,680 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rukhia in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Falta sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rukhia?57.6% (Census 2011)