# Rangapukur Village, Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Rangapukur

Rangapukur is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **726 people in 166 households**, the 68th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 726people (2011)
- 166households
- 70.1%literacy
- 891females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rangapukur

Of every 100 households in Rangapukur in 2011, 43 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Rangapukur · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****33%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**58%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**27%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****7%**

**89%

Use banking services ****50%**

**32%

Television ****28%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**2%

None of these assets ****29%**

**29%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Rangapukur?

■ Rangapukur · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.1%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****891**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****923**

**972

Working population ****31.0%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.2% for men and 66.7% for women. 54% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 121 (54%) · **■** Farm labourers 51 (23%) · **■** Other work 31 (14%) · **■** Marginal 22 (10%)

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 Bansihari

- Ghasipur761 people
- Uttar Amarpur753 people
- Paschim Chandipur752 people
- Daudpur732 people
- Bataskuri715 people
- Dhutura709 people
- Krishnapur709 people
- Bikaldanga708 people

[All 161 villages in Bansihari](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/bansihari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rangapukur?726 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rangapukur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rangapukur?70.1% (Census 2011)