# Rahai Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Rahai

Rahai is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **722 people in 158 households**, the 144th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 40.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 722people (2011)
- 158households
- 40.7%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rahai

Of every 100 households in Rahai in 2011, 0 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rahai · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****59%**

**32%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****10%**

**16%

Television ****6%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****58%**

**32%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Rahai?

■ Rahai · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****40.7%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****804**

**955

Working population ****54.7%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 50.3% for men and 30.6% for women. 62% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 58 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 110 (28%) · **■** Other work 76 (19%) · **■** Marginal 151 (38%)

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 Itahar

- Khamrua747 people
- Gosaipur746 people
- Sahapur737 people
- Bausa724 people
- Barhatti720 people
- Bagbari697 people
- Shasan693 people
- Basudevpur674 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rahai?722 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rahai in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rahai?40.7% (Census 2011)