# Ranganathpur Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Ranganathpur

Ranganathpur is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,022 people in 413 households**, the 27th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 2,022people (2011)
- 413households
- 68.3%literacy
- 990females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ranganathpur

Of every 100 households in Ranganathpur in 2011, 36 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ranganathpur · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**67%

Use banking services ****38%**

**43%

Television ****10%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Ranganathpur?

■ Ranganathpur · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.3%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****990**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**908

Working population ****57.2%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.1% for men and 54.4% for women. 62% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 305 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 225 (19%) · **■** Household industry 19 (2%) · **■** Other work 92 (8%) · **■** Marginal 516 (45%)

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

- Nityanandapur2,151 people
- Benagari2,135 people
- Ban Ashuria2,078 people
- Barasal Srirampur2,070 people
- Barajuri1,940 people
- Nabagram1,911 people
- Kusthalia1,902 people
- Duberdanga1,858 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ranganathpur?2,022 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ranganathpur in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ranganathpur?68.3% (Census 2011)