# Ratnapur Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Ratnapur

Ratnapur is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **567 people in 104 households**, the 102nd largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 567people (2011)
- 104households
- 64.5%literacy
- 922females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ratnapur

Of every 100 households in Ratnapur in 2011, 44 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ratnapur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**35%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**75%

Use banking services ****23%**

**53%

Television ****17%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**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 Ratnapur?

■ Ratnapur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.5%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****727**

**948

Working population ****45.0%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.2% for men and 50.0% for women. 63% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 85 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 52 (20%) · **■** Other work 6 (2%) · **■** Marginal 112 (44%)

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

- Karjbani616 people
- Krishnabati612 people
- Bhat Pushkarini586 people
- Merashol585 people
- Baharpur565 people
- Hikimband558 people
- Basudebpur555 people
- Nabagram549 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ratnapur?567 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ratnapur in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ratnapur?64.5% (Census 2011)