# Ratra Village, Indus, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Indus, Bankura 

# Ratra

Ratra is a village in Indus sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,898 people in 428 households**, the 28th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 1,898people (2011)
- 428households
- 73.3%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ratra

Of every 100 households in Ratra in 2011, 56 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ratra · ■ Indus rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****58%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**28%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****55%**

**80%

Use banking services ****33%**

**39%

Television ****29%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Ratra?

■ Ratra · ■ Indus rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.3%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1023**

**964

Working population ****46.7%**

**40.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.5% for men and 64.8% for women. 66% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 82 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 469 (53%) · **■** Household industry 15 (2%) · **■** Other work 209 (24%) · **■** Marginal 112 (13%)

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 Indus

- Paharpur2,032 people
- Mirzapur1,997 people
- Bahalalpur1,923 people
- Haripur1,901 people
- Dasarath Bati1,862 people
- Shalikona1,846 people
- Mahespur1,835 people
- Kharra1,776 people

[All 131 villages in Indus](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/indus/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ratra?1,898 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ratra in?Bankura district (Indus sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ratra?73.3% (Census 2011)