Raichandpur is a medium size village located in Murshidabad Jiaganj Block of Murshidabad district, West Bengal with total 376 families residing. The Raichandpur village has population of 1784 of which 943 are males while 841 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Raichandpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 184 which makes up 10.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Raichandpur village is 892 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Raichandpur as per census is 937, lower than West Bengal average of 956.
Raichandpur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Raichandpur village was 84.25 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Raichandpur Male literacy stands at 89.50 % while female literacy rate was 78.32 %.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Raichandpur 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 Raichandpur village.
Raichandpur Data
| Particulars |
Total |
Male |
Female |
| Total No. of Houses |
376 |
- |
- |
| Population |
1,784 |
943 |
841 |
| Child (0-6) |
184 |
95 |
89 |
| Schedule Caste |
849 |
463 |
386 |
| Schedule Tribe |
226 |
115 |
111 |
| Literacy |
84.25 % |
89.50 % |
78.32 % |
| Total Workers |
747 |
529 |
218 |
| Main Worker |
721 |
- |
- |
| Marginal Worker |
26 |
11 |
15 |
Caste Factor
In Raichandpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC).
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 47.59 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 12.67 % of total population in Raichandpur village.
Work Profile
In Raichandpur village out of total population, 747 were engaged in work activities. 96.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Of 747 workers engaged in Main Work, 21 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 166 were Agricultural labourer.