# Rishipur Village, Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Rishipur

Rishipur is a village in Raiganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,331 people in 273 households**, the 117th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.8%.

- 1,331people (2011)
- 273households
- 63.7%literacy
- 932females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rishipur

Of every 100 households in Rishipur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Rishipur · ■ Raiganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**67%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****72%**

**72%

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

**4%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****23%**

**24%

Television ****4%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**21%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Rishipur?

■ Rishipur · ■ Raiganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.7%**

**62.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****833**

**939

Working population ****50.6%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.6% for men and 57.5% for women. 51% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 117 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 190 (28%) · **■** Other work 29 (4%) · **■** Marginal 337 (50%)

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 Raiganj

- Garna1,348 people
- Bijgaon1,342 people
- Dakshin Bishnupur1,339 people
- Kokra1,331 people
- Basmanpara1,327 people
- Dhurail1,318 people
- Basudebpur1,317 people
- Katihar1,310 people

[All 222 villages in Raiganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/raiganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rishipur?1,331 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rishipur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Raiganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rishipur?63.7% (Census 2011)