# Ranga Matiya Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Ranga Matiya

Ranga Matiya is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,702 people in 590 households**, the 9th largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 2,702people (2011)
- 590households
- 72.2%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ranga Matiya

Of every 100 households in Ranga Matiya in 2011, 48 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Ranga Matiya · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****67%**

**35%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****58%**

**75%

Use banking services ****56%**

**53%

Television ****24%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Matiya?

■ Ranga Matiya · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.2%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****963**

**948

Working population ****42.6%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.4% for men and 61.3% for women. 61% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 432 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 497 (43%) · **■** Household industry 5 (0%) · **■** Other work 93 (8%) · **■** Marginal 125 (11%)

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 Sonamukhi

- Ichharia3,158 people
- Radha Mohanpur3,049 people
- Pear Bera2,761 people
- Bondalhati2,758 people
- Palshura2,611 people
- Dhulai2,607 people
- Kunda Pushkarini2,535 people
- Palashdanga2,502 people

[All 186 villages in Sonamukhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sonamukhi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ranga Matiya?2,702 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ranga Matiya in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ranga Matiya?72.2% (Census 2011)