# Ramchandrapur Village, Mejhia, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Mejhia, Bankura 

# Ramchandrapur

Ramchandrapur is a village in Mejhia sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,680 people in 559 households**, the 9th largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 2,680people (2011)
- 559households
- 65.3%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ramchandrapur

Of every 100 households in Ramchandrapur in 2011, 23 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ramchandrapur · ■ Mejhia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**47%

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

**16%

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

**84%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**52%

Use banking services ****9%**

**36%

Television ****12%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****65%**

**27%

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 Ramchandrapur?

■ Ramchandrapur · ■ Mejhia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.3%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****956**

**937

Working population ****37.6%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.5% for men and 48.7% for women. 59% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 193 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 103 (10%) · **■** Household industry 22 (2%) · **■** Other work 303 (30%) · **■** Marginal 386 (38%)

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 Mejhia

- Jemua3,267 people
- Japamali3,132 people
- Gopalganja3,123 people
- Kshiraitor3,122 people
- Bhara2,309 people
- Duburia2,111 people
- Mohana2,017 people
- Ramkrishnapur1,937 people

[All 75 villages in Mejhia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/mejhia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ramchandrapur?2,680 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ramchandrapur in?Bankura district (Mejhia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ramchandrapur?65.3% (Census 2011)