Raghunathchak | |
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Census Town | |
  Raghunathchak Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Raghunathchak Raghunathchak (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:23°35′40″N87°07′26″E / 23.594361°N 87.12382°E /23.594361; 87.12382 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Bardhaman |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.87 km2 (0.34 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 6,006 |
| • Density | 6,900/km2 (18,000/sq mi) |
| Languages* | |
| • Official | Bengali,Hindi,English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 713359 |
| Telephone/STD code | 0341 |
| Vehicle registration | WB |
| Website | paschimbardhaman |
Raghunathchak is acensus town in theRaniganjCD block in theAsansol Sadar subdivision of thePaschim Bardhaman district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.
Raghunathchak is located at23°35′40″N87°07′26″E / 23.594361°N 87.12382°E /23.594361; 87.12382.
Jemari (J.K. Nagar Township),Belebathan,Murgathaul,Amkula,Egara,Sahebganj, Raghunathchak andBallavpur form a cluster of census towns on the western and southern side ofRaniganj.Banshra andBaktarnagar are adjacent to Raniganj on the eastern side.[1]
According to the 2011 census, 83.33% of the population of the Asansol Sadar subdivision was urban and 16.67% was rural.[2] In 2015, the municipal areas ofKulti,Raniganj andJamuria were included within the jurisdiction ofAsansol Municipal Corporation.[3] Asansol Sadar subdivision has 26 (+1 partly)Census Towns.(partly presented in the map alongside; all places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map).
According to the2011 Census of India, Raghunathchak had a total population of 6,006 of which 3,149 (52%) were males and 2,857 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 784. The total number of literate persons in Raghunathchak was 3,768 (72.16% of the population over 6 years).[4]
*For language details seeRaniganj (community development block)#Language and religion
According to the 2011 census, theurban agglomeration (UA) centred upon Asansol had a population of 1,243,414. In addition to the erstwhile municipalities ofKulti,Jamuria, andRaniganj subsequently incorporated into theAsansol Municipal Corporation, the agglomeration included thecensus towns ofAmkula,Baktarnagar,Ballavpur,Bhanowara,Domohani,Egara,Jemari (J.K. Nagar Township),Majiara,Murgathaul, Raghunathchak,Sahebganj andTopsi, and alsoCharanpur, an outgrowth of Jamuria.[5][3]
As of 2001[update] Indiacensus,[6] Raghunathchak had a population of 5,477. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Raghunathchak has an average literacy rate of 61%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 69%, and female literacy is 52%. In Raghunathchak, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
According to theDistrict Census Handbook 2011, Bardhaman, Raghunathchak covered an area of 0.87 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 12 km roads with open drains, the protected water-supply involved overhead tank, tubewell, borewell. It had 291 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had were 1 hospital, 4 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had were 2 primary schools, the nearest middle, secondary school atBallavpur 0.5 km away, the nearest senior secondary school atRaniganj 3 km away. It had 1 non-formal education centre (Sarba Siksha Abhiyan).[7]
Raghunathchak has two primary schools.[8]
