# Maniknagar Village, Ratua - I, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Ratua - I, Maldah 

# Maniknagar

Maniknagar is a village in Ratua - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **8,877 people in 1,880 households**, the 4th largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.1%.

- 8,877people (2011)
- 1,880households
- 54.2%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maniknagar

Of every 100 households in Maniknagar in 2011, 11 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maniknagar · ■ Ratua - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**73%

Tap water ****0%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**89%

Use banking services ****26%**

**24%

Television ****5%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****41%**

**38%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Maniknagar?

■ Maniknagar · ■ Ratua - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.2%**

**60.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****993**

**959

Working population ****31.8%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.0% for men and 45.8% for women. 49% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 562 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 657 (23%) · **■** Household industry 46 (2%) · **■** Other work 806 (29%) · **■** Marginal 753 (27%)

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 Ratua - I

- Bhado17,190 people
- Gadai Maharajpur15,023 people
- Balupur10,808 people
- Rukundipur7,260 people
- Kamalpur6,802 people
- Kankot6,491 people
- Chhabilpara6,479 people

[All 101 villages in Ratua - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/ratua-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maniknagar?8,877 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maniknagar in?Maldah district (Ratua - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maniknagar?54.2% (Census 2011)