# Raydighi Abad Village, Mathurapur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Mathurapur - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Raydighi Abad

Raydighi Abad is a village in Mathurapur - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **20,467 people in 4,243 households**, the 3rd largest of 27 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.8%.

- 20,467people (2011)
- 4,243households
- 80.0%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Raydighi Abad

Of every 100 households in Raydighi Abad in 2011, 48 had electricity, 63 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Raydighi Abad · ■ Mathurapur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****63%**

**55%

No toilet (open defecation) ****35%**

**43%

Tap water ****7%**

**6%

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

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**94%

Use banking services ****28%**

**27%

Television ****27%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**3%

None of these assets ****28%**

**34%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Raydighi Abad?

■ Raydighi Abad · ■ Mathurapur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.0%**

**77.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****864**

**949

Working population ****39.2%**

**36.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.4% for men and 73.2% for women. 57% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 637 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,021 (13%) · **■** Household industry 619 (8%) · **■** Other work 3,133 (39%) · **■** Marginal 2,618 (33%)

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 - II

- Gilarchat25,897 people
- Khari21,900 people
- Kumarapara17,682 people
- Dighirpar Bakultala14,080 people
- Kankandighi12,900 people
- Uttar Kashinagar12,231 people

[All 27 villages in Mathurapur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/mathurapur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Raydighi Abad?20,467 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Raydighi Abad in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Mathurapur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Raydighi Abad?80.0% (Census 2011)