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Rajapur Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Rajapur is a medium size village located in Balurghat Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 136 families residing. The Rajapur village has population of 498 of which 242 are males while 256 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rajapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 60 which makes up 12.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rajapur village is 1058 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Rajapur as per census is 1308, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Rajapur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Rajapur village was 53.42 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Rajapur Male literacy stands at 63.43 % while female literacy rate was 43.69 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Rajapur village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Rajapur village.

Rajapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 136 - -
Population 498 242 256
Child (0-6) 60 26 34
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 427 208 219
Literacy 53.42 % 63.43 % 43.69 %
Total Workers 298 150 148
Main Worker 296 - -
Marginal Worker 2 1 1

Caste Factor

In Rajapur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 85.74 % of total population in Rajapur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Rajapur village of Dakshin Dinajpur.

Work Profile

In Rajapur village out of total population, 298 were engaged in work activities. 99.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 298 workers engaged in Main Work, 24 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 267 were Agricultural labourer.