Village · Bhagawangola - II, Murshidabad
# Ranitala

Ranitala is a village in Bhagawangola - II sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,006 people in 248 households, the 41st largest of 56 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 37.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.8%.
- 1,006 people (2011)
- 248 households
- 37.8% literacy
- 927 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ranitala

Of every 100 households in Ranitala in 2011, 21 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ranitala · ■ Bhagawangola - II rural average
- Electricity for lighting 21% 12%
- Toilet within the home 18% 39%
- No toilet (open defecation) 82% 58%
- Tap water 1% 1%
- Drinking water within premises 29% 35%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 2% 0%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 95% 96%
- Use banking services 12% 27%
- Television 14% 6%
- Mobile phone 45% 21%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 6% 2%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 0%
- None of these assets 36% 42%
- Own their home 98% 94%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Ranitala?

■ Ranitala · ■ Bhagawangola - II rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 37.8% 62.8%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 927 958
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1259 968
- Working population 30.5% 30.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 35.0% for men and 40.9% for women. 56% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 18 (6%) · ■ Farm labourers 253 (82%) · ■ Household industry 14 (5%) · ■ Other work 14 (5%) · ■ Marginal 8 (3%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Bhagawangola - II
- Arazi Nista 1,234 people
- Joyrampur 1,187 people
- Fulpur 1,177 people
- Balijana 1,036 people
- Kamal Chak 888 people
- Ramnapara 865 people
- Dhwajamat 861 people
- Daulatpur 838 people

All 71 villages in Bhagawangola - II

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Ranitala? 1,006 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ranitala in? Murshidabad district (Bhagawangola - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ranitala? 37.8% (Census 2011)

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