# Rahana Village, Amdanga – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Amdanga, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Rahana

Rahana is a village in Amdanga sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,604 people in 591 households**, the 28th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 80.4%.

- 2,604people (2011)
- 591households
- 80.4%literacy
- 995females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rahana

Of every 100 households in Rahana in 2011, 34 had electricity, 72 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Rahana · ■ Amdanga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****72%**

**79%

No toilet (open defecation) ****28%**

**18%

Tap water ****4%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**91%

Use banking services ****26%**

**50%

Television ****9%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****38%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Rahana?

■ Rahana · ■ Amdanga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.4%**

**80.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****995**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1168**

**969

Working population ****43.2%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.9% for men and 76.9% for women. 63% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 95 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 223 (20%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 519 (46%) · **■** Marginal 282 (25%)

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 Amdanga

- Chharuhat2,768 people
- Panchagharia2,715 people
- Ratanpur2,697 people
- Napara2,661 people
- Kuchiapara2,579 people
- Nima2,490 people
- Khandasharkara2,485 people
- Sadhanpur2,453 people

[All 80 villages in Amdanga](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/amdanga/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rahana?2,604 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rahana in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Amdanga sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rahana?80.4% (Census 2011)