# Ray Band Village, Bankura - II, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Bankura - II, Bankura 

# Ray Band

Ray Band is a village in Bankura - II sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **773 people in 150 households**, the 70th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 773people (2011)
- 150households
- 69.9%literacy
- 913females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ray Band

Of every 100 households in Ray Band in 2011, 29 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ray Band · ■ Bankura - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****39%**

**56%

Use banking services ****71%**

**58%

Television ****16%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**18%

Own their home ****94%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Ray Band?

■ Ray Band · ■ Bankura - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.9%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****913**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****812**

**924

Working population ****41.1%**

**37.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.0% for men and 59.1% for women. 56% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 115 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 48 (15%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 43 (14%) · **■** Marginal 109 (34%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Bankura - II

- Kadmaghati797 people
- Gajarya Bari796 people
- Radharamanpur776 people
- Kherosol774 people
- Maukura772 people
- Ailta768 people
- Kharigara754 people
- Manoharpur736 people

[All 154 villages in Bankura - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/bankura-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ray Band?773 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ray Band in?Bankura district (Bankura - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ray Band?69.9% (Census 2011)