# Rajapur Village, Jaynagar - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Jaynagar - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Rajapur

Rajapur is a village in Jaynagar - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **558 people in 135 households**, the 60th largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 558people (2011)
- 135households
- 79.1%literacy
- 1,014females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rajapur

Of every 100 households in Rajapur in 2011, 54 had electricity, 49 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Rajapur · ■ Jaynagar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****49%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****51%**

**51%

Tap water ****21%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**90%

Use banking services ****24%**

**27%

Television ****34%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****22%**

**42%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Rajapur?

■ Rajapur · ■ Jaynagar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.1%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1014**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****564**

**949

Working population ****33.3%**

**33.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.3% for men and 68.7% for women. 61% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 89 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (9%) · **■** Other work 73 (39%) · **■** Marginal 8 (4%)

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 Jaynagar - I

- Mukundapur998 people
- Ramnarayanpur718 people
- Uttar Raghunathpur678 people
- Purba Bantra593 people
- Gumuk Beria487 people
- Purba Chak Panchghara356 people
- Uttar Arunnagar331 people
- Hogaldahari326 people

[All 67 villages in Jaynagar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/jaynagar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rajapur?558 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rajapur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Jaynagar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rajapur?79.1% (Census 2011)