# Ranipura Village, Harischandrapur - I, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Harischandrapur - I, Maldah 

# Ranipura

Ranipura is a village in Harischandrapur - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,631 people in 395 households**, the 47th largest of 104 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 52.5%.

- 1,631people (2011)
- 395households
- 61.3%literacy
- 858females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ranipura

Of every 100 households in Ranipura in 2011, 16 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ranipura · ■ Harischandrapur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**77%

Tap water ****1%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**41%

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

**3%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****19%**

**24%

Television ****6%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****59%**

**35%

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 Ranipura?

■ Ranipura · ■ Harischandrapur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.3%**

**52.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****858**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****876**

**954

Working population ****38.9%**

**35.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.4% for men and 55.3% for women. 58% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 100 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 293 (46%) · **■** Other work 50 (8%) · **■** Marginal 191 (30%)

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 Harischandrapur - I

- Mabarakpur1,883 people
- Lahad1,803 people
- Chayenpur1,703 people
- Bhagabanpur1,677 people
- Mungol1,544 people
- Paro1,536 people
- Shaktal1,523 people
- Dighua1,463 people

[All 105 villages in Harischandrapur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/harischandrapur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ranipura?1,631 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ranipura in?Maldah district (Harischandrapur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ranipura?61.3% (Census 2011)