# Raypur Village, Goalpokhar - I, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/goalpokhar-i/raypur/

Village · Goalpokhar - I, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Raypur

Raypur is a village in Goalpokhar - I sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,433 people in 886 households**, the 16th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 32.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 41.8%.

- 4,433people (2011)
- 886households
- 32.1%literacy
- 882females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Raypur

Of every 100 households in Raypur in 2011, 30 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Raypur · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**87%

Tap water ****3%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**37%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**91%

Use banking services ****28%**

**20%

Television ****5%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**35%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Raypur?

■ Raypur · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****32.1%**

**41.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****882**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****833**

**950

Working population ****26.1%**

**31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 40.0% for men and 23.3% for women. 46% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 426 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 460 (40%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 70 (6%) · **■** Marginal 196 (17%)

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 Goalpokhar - I

- Churakuti5,257 people
- Dharampur5,255 people
- Majhok4,709 people
- Goalpokhar4,500 people
- Agoi4,308 people
- Angarbhasa4,208 people
- Chhota Patna4,186 people
- Babhanbari4,088 people

[All 152 villages in Goalpokhar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/goalpokhar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Raypur?4,433 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Raypur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Goalpokhar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Raypur?32.1% (Census 2011)