# Purba Ramnagar Village, Tarakeswar, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Tarakeswar, Hugli 

# Purba Ramnagar

Purba Ramnagar is a village in Tarakeswar sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **7,759 people in 1,853 households**, the 2nd largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 80.0%.

- 7,759people (2011)
- 1,853households
- 79.6%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Ramnagar

Of every 100 households in Purba Ramnagar in 2011, 73 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Purba Ramnagar · ■ Tarakeswar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**73%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**67%

No toilet (open defecation) ****23%**

**28%

Tap water ****25%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****75%**

**80%

Use banking services ****49%**

**55%

Television ****40%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**15%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****16%**

**14%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Purba Ramnagar?

■ Purba Ramnagar · ■ Tarakeswar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.6%**

**80.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****971**

**949

Working population ****38.1%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.7% for men and 73.4% for women. 61% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 409 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 261 (9%) · **■** Household industry 148 (5%) · **■** Other work 806 (27%) · **■** Marginal 1,335 (45%)

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 Tarakeswar

- Chanpadanga12,518 people
- Astara6,590 people
- Moktarpur6,364 people
- Baligari5,845 people
- Talpur5,389 people

[All 90 villages in Tarakeswar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/tarakeswar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Ramnagar?7,759 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Ramnagar in?Hugli district (Tarakeswar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Ramnagar?79.6% (Census 2011)