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Rajapur Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Rajapur is a medium size village located in Jaynagar - I Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 135 families residing. The Rajapur village has population of 558 of which 277 are males while 281 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rajapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 61 which makes up 10.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rajapur village is 1014 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Rajapur as per census is 564, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Rajapur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Rajapur village was 79.07 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Rajapur Male literacy stands at 90.34 % while female literacy rate was 68.73 %.

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 135 - -
Population 558 277 281
Child (0-6) 61 39 22
Schedule Caste 528 262 266
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.07 % 90.34 % 68.73 %
Total Workers 186 169 17
Main Worker 178 - -
Marginal Worker 8 1 7

Caste Factor

In Rajapur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 94.62 % of total population in Rajapur village. The village Rajapur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Rajapur village out of total population, 186 were engaged in work activities. 95.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 186 workers engaged in Main Work, 89 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.