# Rangapur Village, Barasat - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Barasat - I, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Rangapur

Rangapur is a village in Barasat - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,081 people in 464 households**, the 39th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 2,081people (2011)
- 464households
- 81.6%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rangapur

Of every 100 households in Rangapur in 2011, 85 had electricity, 91 a toilet at home and 23 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Rangapur · ■ Barasat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****85%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****91%**

**82%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**15%

Tap water ****44%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****65%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****23%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****67%**

**78%

Use banking services ****77%**

**46%

Television ****56%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**3%

None of these assets ****6%**

**18%

Own their home ****89%**

**92%

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 Rangapur?

■ Rangapur · ■ Barasat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.6%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****874**

**940

Working population ****37.6%**

**34.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.7% for men and 77.6% for women. 59% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 24 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (1%) · **■** Household industry 105 (13%) · **■** Other work 573 (73%) · **■** Marginal 75 (10%)

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 Barasat - I

- Berunanpukhuria2,188 people
- Kalsara2,165 people
- Nimdaria2,095 people
- Sarbaria2,094 people
- Taldharia1,988 people
- Dogachhia1,948 people
- Tentulia1,823 people
- Algaria1,804 people

[All 70 villages in Barasat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/barasat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rangapur?2,081 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rangapur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Barasat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rangapur?81.6% (Census 2011)