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

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Village · Ratua - II, Maldah 

# Raninagar

Raninagar is a village in Ratua - II sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **6,422 people in 1,351 households**, the 8th largest of 48 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 56.2%.

- 6,422people (2011)
- 1,351households
- 48.5%literacy
- 991females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Raninagar

Of every 100 households in Raninagar in 2011, 20 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Raninagar · ■ Ratua - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**31%

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

**27%

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

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**31%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

**85%

Use banking services ****17%**

**22%

Television ****5%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****51%**

**42%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Raninagar?

■ Raninagar · ■ Ratua - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.5%**

**56.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****991**

**963

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****964**

**967

Working population ****27.5%**

**30.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 46.7% for men and 50.3% for women. 49% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 157 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 445 (25%) · **■** Household industry 45 (3%) · **■** Other work 223 (13%) · **■** Marginal 899 (51%)

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

- Nijgan Paranpur8,523 people
- Shibnagar8,298 people
- Barail7,031 people
- Sultanpur6,778 people
- Nasipur6,404 people
- Kadamtali6,323 people
- Chandpur6,183 people
- Rajapur6,143 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Raninagar?6,422 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Raninagar in?Maldah district (Ratua - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Raninagar?48.5% (Census 2011)