# Ransagar Village, Murshidabad Jiaganj – Population & Literacy

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Village · Murshidabad Jiaganj, Murshidabad 

# Ransagar

Ransagar is a village in Murshidabad Jiaganj sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,351 people in 297 households**, the 60th largest of 127 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 1,351people (2011)
- 297households
- 73.9%literacy
- 876females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ransagar

Of every 100 households in Ransagar in 2011, 50 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ransagar · ■ Murshidabad Jiaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****70%**

**41%

No toilet (open defecation) ****26%**

**58%

Tap water ****3%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**57%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**92%

Use banking services ****40%**

**38%

Television ****26%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**22%

Own their home ****96%**

**95%

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 Ransagar?

■ Ransagar · ■ Murshidabad Jiaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.9%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****876**

**936

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****988**

**960

Working population ****34.1%**

**36.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.4% for men and 71.0% for women. 53% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 176 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 115 (25%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 80 (17%) · **■** Marginal 88 (19%)

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 Murshidabad Jiaganj

- Bagdhar1,520 people
- Birampur1,500 people
- Ukta1,392 people
- Hasnabad1,388 people
- Ayesbag1,331 people
- Gujasti Rampur1,324 people
- Diar Chaitanpur1,259 people
- Rajbari1,187 people

[All 132 villages in Murshidabad Jiaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/murshidabad-jiaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ransagar?1,351 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ransagar in?Murshidabad district (Murshidabad Jiaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ransagar?73.9% (Census 2011)