# Melanpur Village, Raninagar - I, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Raninagar - I, Murshidabad 

# Melanpur

Melanpur is a village in Raninagar - I sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **278 people in 69 households**, the 55th largest of 57 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.0%.

- 278people (2011)
- 69households
- 51.1%literacy
- 1,122females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Melanpur

Of every 100 households in Melanpur in 2011, 22 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Melanpur · ■ Raninagar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**17%

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

**24%

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

**76%

Tap water ****2%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**47%

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

**0%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****60%**

**27%

Television ****3%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**21%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****37%**

**38%

Own their home ****100%**

**94%

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 Melanpur?

■ Melanpur · ■ Raninagar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.1%**

**65.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1122**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1867**

**992

Working population ****51.8%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 44.0% for men and 58.0% for women. 64% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 17 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (13%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 10 (7%) · **■** Marginal 96 (67%)

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 Raninagar - I

- Kanaipur384 people
- Sinkaipur369 people
- Chardebaipur347 people
- Arazi Kanaipur292 people
- Birkuchi Dangapara253 people
- Charalampur143 people

[All 63 villages in Raninagar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/raninagar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Melanpur?278 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Melanpur in?Murshidabad district (Raninagar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Melanpur?51.1% (Census 2011)