# Ramnagar Village, Basirhat - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basirhat - I, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Ramnagar

Ramnagar is a village in Basirhat - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,300 people in 283 households**, the 42nd largest of 59 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.1%.

- 1,300people (2011)
- 283households
- 71.2%literacy
- 997females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ramnagar

Of every 100 households in Ramnagar in 2011, 72 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Ramnagar · ■ Basirhat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**70%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**25%

Tap water ****0%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**19%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**91%

Use banking services ****66%**

**29%

Television ****8%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****2%**

**26%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Ramnagar?

■ Ramnagar · ■ Basirhat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.2%**

**72.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****997**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1152**

**953

Working population ****36.2%**

**36.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.3% for men and 67.0% for women. 62% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 80 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 93 (20%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 194 (41%) · **■** Marginal 99 (21%)

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 Basirhat - I

- Dakshin Bagundi1,506 people
- Gachharati1,450 people
- Atkaria1,368 people
- Kathari1,302 people
- Byang Pukuria1,117 people
- Subidpur1,037 people
- Aswathakati1,006 people
- Nalkora948 people

[All 60 villages in Basirhat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/basirhat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ramnagar?1,300 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ramnagar in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Basirhat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ramnagar?71.2% (Census 2011)