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Raipur Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Raipur is a medium size village located in Contai - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 372 families residing. The Raipur village has population of 1608 of which 829 are males while 779 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Raipur village population of children with age 0-6 is 160 which makes up 9.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Raipur village is 940 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Raipur as per census is 739, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Raipur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Raipur village was 82.60 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Raipur Male literacy stands at 88.33 % while female literacy rate was 76.65 %.

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

Raipur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 372 - -
Population 1,608 829 779
Child (0-6) 160 92 68
Schedule Caste 545 309 236
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.60 % 88.33 % 76.65 %
Total Workers 519 472 47
Main Worker 397 - -
Marginal Worker 122 90 32

Caste Factor

Raipur village of Purba Medinipur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.89 % of total population in Raipur village. The village Raipur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Raipur village out of total population, 519 were engaged in work activities. 76.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 519 workers engaged in Main Work, 97 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 101 were Agricultural labourer.