# Radhakantapur Village, Mathurapur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Mathurapur - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Radhakantapur

Radhakantapur is a village in Mathurapur - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,422 people in 535 households**, the 22nd largest of 91 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.5%.

- 2,422people (2011)
- 535households
- 76.8%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Radhakantapur

Of every 100 households in Radhakantapur in 2011, 19 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Radhakantapur · ■ Mathurapur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****5%**

**18%

Television ****11%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****48%**

**46%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Radhakantapur?

■ Radhakantapur · ■ Mathurapur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.8%**

**73.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1006**

**982

Working population ****30.6%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.9% for men and 68.3% for women. 52% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 7 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 143 (19%) · **■** Household industry 15 (2%) · **■** Other work 169 (23%) · **■** Marginal 407 (55%)

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 Mathurapur - I

- Birampur2,748 people
- Uttar Ramnagar2,655 people
- Dakshin Janardanpur2,456 people
- Mirzapur2,427 people
- Batishwar2,343 people
- Paschim Ranaghat2,276 people
- Gunjirpur2,045 people
- Mukundapur1,858 people

[All 95 villages in Mathurapur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/mathurapur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Radhakantapur?2,422 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Radhakantapur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Mathurapur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Radhakantapur?76.8% (Census 2011)