# Ranagachha Village, Polba - Dadpur, Hugli (West Bengal)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/polba-dadpur/ranagachha/

Village · Polba - Dadpur, Hugli 

# Ranagachha

Ranagachha is a village in Polba - Dadpur sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **654 people in 134 households**, the 143rd largest of 193 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.1%.

- 654people (2011)
- 134households
- 87.4%literacy
- 807females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ranagachha

Of every 100 households in Ranagachha in 2011, 81 had electricity, 79 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ranagachha · ■ Polba - Dadpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****81%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****79%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****19%**

**50%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**21%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**86%

Use banking services ****36%**

**56%

Television ****41%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**14%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**14%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Ranagachha?

■ Ranagachha · ■ Polba - Dadpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.4%**

**75.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****807**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****649**

**942

Working population ****39.8%**

**45.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.4% for men and 77.6% for women. 68% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 70 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 67 (26%) · **■** Other work 28 (11%) · **■** Marginal 95 (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 Polba - Dadpur

- Goaljor695 people
- Atpukur684 people
- Ampala681 people
- Anantapur659 people
- Gopalnagar646 people
- Keshabpur643 people
- Goe638 people
- Kantagare636 people

[All 194 villages in Polba - Dadpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/polba-dadpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ranagachha?654 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ranagachha in?Hugli district (Polba - Dadpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ranagachha?87.4% (Census 2011)