# Ranipur Village, Mejhia, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Mejhia, Bankura 

# Ranipur

Ranipur is a village in Mejhia sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,912 people in 407 households**, the 16th largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 1,912people (2011)
- 407households
- 75.5%literacy
- 904females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ranipur

Of every 100 households in Ranipur in 2011, 50 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ranipur · ■ Mejhia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**47%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**84%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**14%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****43%**

**52%

Use banking services ****11%**

**36%

Television ****32%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**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 Ranipur?

■ Ranipur · ■ Mejhia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.5%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****904**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****854**

**937

Working population ****48.6%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.8% for men and 65.3% for women. 61% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 105 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (2%) · **■** Household industry 133 (14%) · **■** Other work 236 (25%) · **■** Marginal 440 (47%)

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

- Mohana2,017 people
- Ramkrishnapur1,937 people
- Mochrakend1,919 people
- Bharra1,912 people
- Jot-Sriram1,833 people
- Tegharia1,787 people
- Kansara1,687 people
- Banjora1,529 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ranipur?1,912 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ranipur in?Bankura district (Mejhia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ranipur?75.5% (Census 2011)