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

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Rankhanpara

Rankhanpara is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **206 people in 50 households**, the 140th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 206people (2011)
- 50households
- 46.3%literacy
- 1,102females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rankhanpara

Of every 100 households in Rankhanpara in 2011, 43 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rankhanpara · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

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

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**89%

Use banking services ****29%**

**32%

Television ****10%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****47%**

**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 Rankhanpara?

■ Rankhanpara · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****46.3%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1102**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1385**

**972

Working population ****48.5%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 48.2% for men and 44.4% for women. 65% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 5 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 4 (4%) · **■** Marginal 89 (89%)

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

- Barajhara236 people
- Chandipukur227 people
- Bhagabatdanga214 people
- Bajerupahat206 people
- Barabari202 people
- Hasamdipur197 people
- Madhupur180 people
- Sankarpur178 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rankhanpara?206 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rankhanpara in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rankhanpara?46.3% (Census 2011)