# Raniganja Village, Barabani, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabani, Barddhaman 

# Raniganja

Raniganja is a village in Barabani sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,597 people in 333 households**, the 21st largest of 46 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.0%.

- 1,597people (2011)
- 333households
- 62.5%literacy
- 913females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Raniganja

Of every 100 households in Raniganja in 2011, 39 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Raniganja · ■ Barabani rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**56%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**82%

Tap water ****90%**

**62%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****34%**

**13%

Use banking services ****39%**

**46%

Television ****30%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**18%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**16%

Own their home ****96%**

**95%

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 Raniganja?

■ Raniganja · ■ Barabani rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.5%**

**68.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****913**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****934**

**930

Working population ****37.6%**

**34.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.3% for men and 51.7% for women. 58% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 52 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 85 (14%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 178 (30%) · **■** Marginal 283 (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 Barabani

- Baradang1,746 people
- Khoshnagar1,737 people
- Itapora1,724 people
- Bhaskajuri1,670 people
- Kanyapur1,593 people
- Amdiha1,553 people
- Rashunpur1,531 people
- Khaerbad1,474 people

[All 46 villages in Barabani](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/barabani/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Raniganja?1,597 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Raniganja in?Barddhaman district (Barabani sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Raniganja?62.5% (Census 2011)