# Ratanpur Village, Samserganj, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/samserganj/ratanpur/

Village · Samserganj, Murshidabad 

# Ratanpur

Ratanpur is a village in Samserganj sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,482 people in 266 households**, the 19th largest of 24 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.7%.

- 1,482people (2011)
- 266households
- 56.7%literacy
- 989females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ratanpur

Of every 100 households in Ratanpur in 2011, 48 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Ratanpur · ■ Samserganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****61%**

**69%

Use banking services ****35%**

**35%

Television ****17%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**37%

Own their home ****94%**

**97%

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 Ratanpur?

■ Ratanpur · ■ Samserganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.7%**

**53.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****989**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****851**

**977

Working population ****48.6%**

**40.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.7% for men and 49.8% for women. 49% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 18 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 94 (13%) · **■** Household industry 356 (49%) · **■** Other work 225 (31%) · **■** Marginal 27 (4%)

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 Samserganj

- Ghoramara2,094 people
- Nimtita2,068 people
- Baharagachi1,924 people
- Phulandar1,517 people
- Napara1,411 people
- Sitarampur1,200 people
- Loharpur580 people
- Kasim Nagar496 people

[All 33 villages in Samserganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/samserganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ratanpur?1,482 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ratanpur in?Murshidabad district (Samserganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ratanpur?56.7% (Census 2011)