# Rajnagar Village, Namkhana – Population & Literacy

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Village · Namkhana, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Rajnagar

Rajnagar is a village in Namkhana sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,055 people in 1,263 households**, the 21st largest of 34 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 85.7%.

- 5,055people (2011)
- 1,263households
- 87.5%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rajnagar

Of every 100 households in Rajnagar in 2011, 28 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Rajnagar · ■ Namkhana rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****76%**

**73%

No toilet (open defecation) ****24%**

**26%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**2%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**90%

Use banking services ****54%**

**41%

Television ****12%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**1%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****36%**

**37%

Own their home ****84%**

**92%

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 Rajnagar?

■ Rajnagar · ■ Namkhana rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.5%**

**85.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****881**

**959

Working population ****41.0%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.2% for men and 81.3% for women. 59% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 354 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 385 (19%) · **■** Household industry 28 (1%) · **■** Other work 608 (29%) · **■** Marginal 699 (34%)

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 Namkhana

- Kusumtala5,663 people
- Dakshin Durgapur5,439 people
- Radhanagar5,292 people
- Budhakhali5,195 people
- Bijaybati4,891 people
- Uttar Chandanpiri4,751 people
- Bagdanga4,160 people
- Dakshin Chandanpiri4,129 people

[All 39 villages in Namkhana](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/namkhana/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rajnagar?5,055 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rajnagar in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Namkhana sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rajnagar?87.5% (Census 2011)