# Ranigachhi Village, Haroa – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Haroa, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Ranigachhi

Ranigachhi is a village in Haroa sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,947 people in 1,354 households**, the 7th largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 5,947people (2011)
- 1,354households
- 64.2%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ranigachhi

Of every 100 households in Ranigachhi in 2011, 15 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ranigachhi · ■ Haroa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**81%

No toilet (open defecation) ****9%**

**15%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**32%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****34%**

**39%

Television ****6%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****54%**

**31%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Ranigachhi?

■ Ranigachhi · ■ Haroa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.2%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****915**

**947

Working population ****39.9%**

**34.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.9% for men and 55.3% for women. 59% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 142 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 595 (25%) · **■** Household industry 31 (1%) · **■** Other work 864 (36%) · **■** Marginal 742 (31%)

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 Haroa

- Khas Balandar9,046 people
- Gobaria Abad6,643 people
- Haripur6,315 people
- Kharupala6,003 people
- Mazampur5,556 people
- Atghara5,098 people
- Jampur4,863 people
- Dhantala4,567 people

[All 90 villages in Haroa](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/haroa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ranigachhi?5,947 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ranigachhi in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Haroa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ranigachhi?64.2% (Census 2011)