of Hindu population declined from 54.2% in 1991 to 49.2% in 2011. At the time of the 2011 census, 86.30% of the population spoke Bengali, 3.86% Santali, 2.90% Rajbongshi and 2.28% Hindi as their first language. 1.41% of the population recorded their language as 'Others' under Bengali in the census. Rural poverty As per the Rural Household Survey conducted in 2002, 27.0% of the rural families in Raiganj CD Block belonged to the BPL category, against 46.7% of rural families in Uttar Dinajpur district being in the BPL category. As per the Human Development Report for Uttar Dinajpur district, "The headquarters block of Raiganj, which ranked fourth in terms of Human Development Index (HDI) but offered the best livelihood opportunities in rural Uttar Dinajpur, accordingly, has a low concentration of poverty… Kaliaganj and Raiganj form a pocket of low human poverty. Exclusion and human poverty is otherwise widely present in the other blocks of Uttar Dinajpur". Economy Livelihood In Raiganj CD Block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 40,441 and formed 23.86%, agricultural labourers numbered 74,241 and formed 43.81%, household industry workers numbered 6,280 and formed 3.71% and other workers numbered 48,516 and formed 28.62%. Total workers numbered 169,472 and formed 39.39% of the total population, and non-workers numbered 260,749 and formed 60.61% of the population. Note: In the census records a person is considered a cultivator, if the person is engaged in cultivation/ supervision of land owned by self/government/institution. When a person who works on another person's land for wages in cash or kind or share, is regarded as an agricultural labourer. Household industry is defined as an industry conducted by one or more members of the family within the household or village, and one that does not qualify for registration as a factory under the Factories Act. Other workers are persons engaged in some economic activity other than cultivators, agricultural labourers and household workers. It includes factory, mining, plantation, transport and office workers, those engaged in business and commerce, teachers, entertainment artistes and so on. Infrastructure There are 221 inhabited villages in Raiganj CD Block. All 221 villages (100%) have power supply. 219 villages (99.10%) have drinking water supply. 30 villages (13.57%) have post offices. 220 villages (99.55%) have telephones (including landlines, public call offices and mobile phones). 70 villages (31.67%) have a pucca (paved) approach road and 52 villages (23.53%) have transport communication