# Ramnagar Village, Gaighata – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Ramnagar

Ramnagar is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,521 people in 1,106 households**, the 14th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 4,521people (2011)
- 1,106households
- 82.5%literacy
- 991females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ramnagar

Of every 100 households in Ramnagar in 2011, 34 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Ramnagar · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**59%

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

**95%

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

**3%

Tap water ****32%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**91%

Use banking services ****39%**

**47%

Television ****22%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****31%**

**17%

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 Ramnagar?

■ Ramnagar · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.5%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****991**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****919**

**965

Working population ****34.4%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.5% for men and 77.4% for women. 61% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 283 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 660 (42%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 507 (33%) · **■** Marginal 96 (6%)

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 Gaighata

- Narikela5,222 people
- Dharmpur5,090 people
- Patabuka4,845 people
- Barnagaria4,789 people
- Karola4,127 people
- Bishnupur4,119 people
- Hanspur4,113 people
- Digha3,971 people

[All 100 villages in Gaighata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/gaighata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ramnagar?4,521 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ramnagar in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ramnagar?82.5% (Census 2011)