# Ratma Village, Mayureswar - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mayureswar - I, Birbhum 

# Ratma

Ratma is a village in Mayureswar - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,838 people in 447 households**, the 28th largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 1,838people (2011)
- 447households
- 69.1%literacy
- 1,015females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ratma

Of every 100 households in Ratma in 2011, 32 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ratma · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**92%

Use banking services ****11%**

**55%

Television ****16%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****60%**

**32%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 Ratma?

■ Ratma · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.1%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1015**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****989**

**975

Working population ****42.3%**

**40.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.0% for men and 63.3% for women. 60% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 194 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 261 (34%) · **■** Household industry 20 (3%) · **■** Other work 59 (8%) · **■** Marginal 243 (31%)

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 Mayureswar - I

- Kharasinpur2,042 people
- Shibgram2,035 people
- Beguna2,013 people
- Malancha1,960 people
- Parulia1,814 people
- Kanaipur1,706 people
- Dangal1,622 people
- Mahula1,589 people

[All 113 villages in Mayureswar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ratma?1,838 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ratma in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ratma?69.1% (Census 2011)