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

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Rajkot

Rajkot is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,792 people in 386 households**, the 58th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 1,792people (2011)
- 386households
- 70.2%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rajkot

Of every 100 households in Rajkot in 2011, 18 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rajkot · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**82%

Tap water ****63%**

**6%

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

**32%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**96%

Use banking services ****20%**

**16%

Television ****11%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****49%**

**32%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Rajkot?

■ Rajkot · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.2%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1433**

**955

Working population ****37.9%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.3% for men and 64.7% for women. 57% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 128 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 121 (18%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 58 (9%) · **■** Marginal 361 (53%)

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

- Chalnia1,822 people
- Indran1,819 people
- Sridharpur1,816 people
- Chabhat1,798 people
- Basratpur1,755 people
- Sahabhita1,741 people
- Tilna1,694 people
- Kochpara1,679 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rajkot?1,792 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rajkot in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rajkot?70.2% (Census 2011)