# Ranipur Village, Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Ranipur

Ranipur is a village in Gangarampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **949 people in 221 households**, the 82nd largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.

- 949people (2011)
- 221households
- 68.6%literacy
- 1,015females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ranipur

Of every 100 households in Ranipur in 2011, 44 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ranipur · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**38%

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

**28%

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

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**32%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****89%**

**27%

Television ****20%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**37%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Ranipur?

■ Ranipur · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.6%**

**71.3%

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

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1136**

**936

Working population ****31.6%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.9% for men and 70.2% for women. 58% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 135 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 135 (45%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 18 (6%) · **■** Marginal 11 (4%)

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 Gangarampur

- Nagan998 people
- Takipur998 people
- Dafarpur997 people
- Narail983 people
- Khozapur937 people
- Amgaon919 people
- Tousi918 people
- Bhadra914 people

[All 202 villages in Gangarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/gangarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ranipur?949 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ranipur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ranipur?68.6% (Census 2011)