Village · Goalpokhar - I, Uttar Dinajpur
# Raskora

Raskora is a village in Goalpokhar - I sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 840 people in 141 households, the 101st largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 31.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 41.8%.
- 840 people (2011)
- 141 households
- 31.6% literacy
- 1,127 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Raskora

Of every 100 households in Raskora in 2011, 16 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Raskora · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 16% 29%
- Toilet within the home 3% 12%
- No toilet (open defecation) 97% 87%
- Tap water 0% 1%
- Drinking water within premises 49% 37%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 91%
- Use banking services 2% 20%
- Television 2% 8%
- Mobile phone 12% 28%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 2% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 54% 35%
- Own their home 98% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Raskora?

■ Raskora · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 31.6% 41.8%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1127 919
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1554 950
- Working population 25.4% 31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 35.2% for men and 28.2% for women. 49% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 128 (60%) · ■ Farm labourers 52 (24%) · ■ Other work 32 (15%) · ■ Marginal 1 (0%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Goalpokhar - I
- Chapasar 1,013 people
- Gamhirgachh 970 people
- Dakshin Talbari 911 people
- Khora 911 people
- Uttar Ghoramara 826 people
- Banspokhar 818 people
- Nargaon 809 people
- Tegharia 801 people

All 152 villages in Goalpokhar - I

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Raskora? 840 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Raskora in? Uttar Dinajpur district (Goalpokhar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Raskora? 31.6% (Census 2011)

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