# Ratanpur Village, Murarai - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Murarai - I, Birbhum 

# Ratanpur

Ratanpur is a village in Murarai - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,840 people in 585 households**, the 19th largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 55.4%.

- 2,840people (2011)
- 585households
- 42.8%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ratanpur

Of every 100 households in Ratanpur in 2011, 36 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ratanpur · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**84%

Tap water ****12%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**10%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****71%**

**86%

Use banking services ****19%**

**20%

Television ****18%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****64%**

**46%

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 Ratanpur?

■ Ratanpur · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****42.8%**

**55.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****823**

**983

Working population ****34.4%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 45.5% for men and 40.0% for women. 49% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 31 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 228 (23%) · **■** Household industry 27 (3%) · **■** Other work 312 (32%) · **■** Marginal 380 (39%)

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 Murarai - I

- Dhananjaypur3,324 people
- Kahinagar3,172 people
- Duria3,012 people
- Kamdebnala2,931 people
- Chatra2,733 people
- Makoa2,668 people
- Paschim Simlapara2,635 people
- Kanakpur2,546 people

[All 80 villages in Murarai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/murarai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ratanpur?2,840 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ratanpur in?Birbhum district (Murarai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ratanpur?42.8% (Census 2011)