# Rangaipur Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Rangaipur

Rangaipur is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,965 people in 680 households**, the 5th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 2,965people (2011)
- 680households
- 64.2%literacy
- 928females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rangaipur

Of every 100 households in Rangaipur in 2011, 15 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rangaipur · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**82%

Tap water ****56%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**85%

Use banking services ****62%**

**57%

Television ****10%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**33%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Rangaipur?

■ Rangaipur · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.2%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1010**

**961

Working population ****36.9%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.9% for men and 60.2% for women. 57% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 122 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 410 (38%) · **■** Other work 160 (15%) · **■** Marginal 401 (37%)

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 Sainthia

- Amua4,398 people
- Matpalsha3,756 people
- Kunuri3,217 people
- Uttar Sija3,181 people
- Rasaipur2,861 people
- Kuchighata2,848 people
- Balsunda2,840 people
- Kagas2,635 people

[All 230 villages in Sainthia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/sainthia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rangaipur?2,965 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rangaipur in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rangaipur?64.2% (Census 2011)