# Rakhalpur Village, Patharpratima – Population & Literacy

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Village · Patharpratima, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Rakhalpur

Rakhalpur is a village in Patharpratima sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **6,076 people in 1,328 households**, the 11th largest of 87 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.1%.

- 6,076people (2011)
- 1,328households
- 83.9%literacy
- 966females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rakhalpur

Of every 100 households in Rakhalpur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 72 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rakhalpur · ■ Patharpratima rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****72%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****28%**

**40%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**1%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****30%**

**45%

Television ****10%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**1%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**36%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Rakhalpur?

■ Rakhalpur · ■ Patharpratima rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.9%**

**82.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****966**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1021**

**965

Working population ****40.6%**

**42.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.2% for men and 77.3% for women. 61% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 194 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 229 (9%) · **■** Household industry 12 (0%) · **■** Other work 275 (11%) · **■** Marginal 1,758 (71%)

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 Patharpratima

- Paschim Surendra Nagar6,378 people
- Paschim Sripatinagar6,342 people
- Gobindapur Abad6,226 people
- Achintya Nagar6,181 people
- Dakshin Shibganj5,828 people
- Dakshin Durgapur5,722 people
- Sibnagar5,666 people
- Madhab Nagar5,615 people

[All 92 villages in Patharpratima](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/patharpratima/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rakhalpur?6,076 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rakhalpur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Patharpratima sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rakhalpur?83.9% (Census 2011)