# Ranga Metya Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Ranga Metya

Ranga Metya is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **919 people in 173 households**, the 65th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 919people (2011)
- 173households
- 72.3%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ranga Metya

Of every 100 households in Ranga Metya in 2011, 58 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Ranga Metya · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**67%

Use banking services ****66%**

**43%

Television ****22%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Ranga Metya?

■ Ranga Metya · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.3%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1057**

**908

Working population ****34.5%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.4% for men and 59.4% for women. 51% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 32 (10%) · **■** Marginal 284 (90%)

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 Gangajalghati

- Hanri Bhanga984 people
- Khayer Bani970 people
- Nutangram953 people
- Subar Nator937 people
- Chaitanyapur902 people
- Madanpur896 people
- Salbedya894 people
- Bhaluka Pahari888 people

[All 165 villages in Gangajalghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/gangajalghati/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ranga Metya?919 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ranga Metya in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ranga Metya?72.3% (Census 2011)