# Paranpur Village, Ratua - II, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Ratua - II, Maldah 

# Paranpur

Paranpur is a village in Ratua - II sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,267 people in 244 households**, the 37th largest of 48 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 56.2%.

- 1,267people (2011)
- 244households
- 45.6%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paranpur

Of every 100 households in Paranpur in 2011, 15 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Paranpur · ■ Ratua - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**31%

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

**2%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****9%**

**22%

Television ****2%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**42%

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 Paranpur?

■ Paranpur · ■ Ratua - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.6%**

**56.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**963

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1008**

**967

Working population ****28.3%**

**30.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 48.1% for men and 43.0% for women. 52% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 66 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 196 (55%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 6 (2%) · **■** Marginal 89 (25%)

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 - II

- Pirpur1,847 people
- Gobindapur1,812 people
- Bishanpur1,589 people
- Khailsana1,428 people
- Sekhpur1,249 people
- Ailpara1,233 people
- Lokhra1,179 people
- Harirampur1,102 people

[All 51 villages in Ratua - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/ratua-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paranpur?1,267 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paranpur in?Maldah district (Ratua - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Paranpur?45.6% (Census 2011)