# Purba Radhanagar Village, Ratua - I, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Ratua - I, Maldah 

# Purba Radhanagar

Purba Radhanagar is a village in Ratua - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,815 people in 587 households**, the 38th largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.1%.

- 2,815people (2011)
- 587households
- 66.3%literacy
- 943females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purba Radhanagar

Of every 100 households in Purba Radhanagar in 2011, 47 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Purba Radhanagar · ■ Ratua - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**73%

Tap water ****0%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**33%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**89%

Use banking services ****19%**

**24%

Television ****9%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**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 Purba Radhanagar?

■ Purba Radhanagar · ■ Ratua - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.3%**

**60.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****943**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****913**

**959

Working population ****34.5%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.2% for men and 64.2% for women. 50% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 95 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 233 (24%) · **■** Household industry 24 (2%) · **■** Other work 190 (20%) · **■** Marginal 428 (44%)

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

- Chandipur3,259 people
- Khanpur3,173 people
- Arazi Haragobindapur3,147 people
- Gouripur3,131 people
- Baharal2,775 people
- Kasba2,727 people
- Radha Nagar2,694 people
- Samshi2,686 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purba Radhanagar?2,815 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purba Radhanagar in?Maldah district (Ratua - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purba Radhanagar?66.3% (Census 2011)