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Raypur Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Raypur is a large village located in Sonarpur Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 938 families residing. The Raypur village has population of 4098 of which 2067 are males while 2031 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Raypur village population of children with age 0-6 is 468 which makes up 11.42 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Raypur village is 983 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Raypur as per census is 1053, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Raypur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Raypur village was 75.62 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Raypur Male literacy stands at 81.08 % while female literacy rate was 70.02 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Raypur 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 Raypur village.

Raypur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 938 - -
Population 4,098 2,067 2,031
Child (0-6) 468 228 240
Schedule Caste 3,145 1,586 1,559
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.62 % 81.08 % 70.02 %
Total Workers 1,357 1,217 140
Main Worker 1,100 - -
Marginal Worker 257 202 55

Caste Factor

In Raypur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 76.74 % of total population in Raypur village. The village Raypur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Raypur village out of total population, 1357 were engaged in work activities. 81.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1357 workers engaged in Main Work, 218 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 133 were Agricultural labourer.