# Ratanpur Village, Mekliganj, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Mekliganj, Koch Bihar 

# Ratanpur

Ratanpur is a village in Mekliganj sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **157 people in 35 households**, the 125th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 157people (2011)
- 35households
- 73.3%literacy
- 826females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ratanpur

Of every 100 households in Ratanpur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ratanpur · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**74%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****91%**

**69%

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

**1%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****17%**

**36%

Television ****0%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**38%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Ratanpur?

■ Ratanpur · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.3%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****826**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****733**

**930

Working population ****36.9%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.7% for men and 63.3% for women. 55% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 26 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (12%) · **■** Other work 18 (31%) · **■** Marginal 7 (12%)

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 Mekliganj

- Uttar Uchal Pukhari193 people
- Chhota Kamat Changrabandha186 people
- Chhota Jamaldaha183 people
- Dakshin Bhotbari166 people
- Paschim Kamat Changrabandha155 people
- Paschim Dhulia Khalisa154 people
- Paschim Panisala147 people
- Paschim Upanchauki Kuchlibari143 people

[All 186 villages in Mekliganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/mekliganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ratanpur?157 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ratanpur in?Koch Bihar district (Mekliganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ratanpur?73.3% (Census 2011)