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Rakshitpur Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Rakshitpur is a medium size village located in Kanksa Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 359 families residing. The Rakshitpur village has population of 1625 of which 793 are males while 832 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rakshitpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 188 which makes up 11.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rakshitpur village is 1049 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Rakshitpur as per census is 918, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Rakshitpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Rakshitpur village was 69.59 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Rakshitpur Male literacy stands at 79.42 % while female literacy rate was 60.38 %.

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

Rakshitpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 359 - -
Population 1,625 793 832
Child (0-6) 188 98 90
Schedule Caste 888 434 454
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.59 % 79.42 % 60.38 %
Total Workers 852 522 330
Main Worker 180 - -
Marginal Worker 672 364 308

Caste Factor

In Rakshitpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 54.65 % of total population in Rakshitpur village. The village Rakshitpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Rakshitpur village out of total population, 852 were engaged in work activities. 21.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 78.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 852 workers engaged in Main Work, 66 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.