# Ranjapur Village, Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur 

# Ranjapur

Ranjapur is a village in Ghatal sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **890 people in 208 households**, the 80th largest of 139 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.1%.

- 890people (2011)
- 208households
- 78.8%literacy
- 991females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ranjapur

Of every 100 households in Ranjapur in 2011, 53 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ranjapur · ■ Ghatal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**57%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**93%

Use banking services ****23%**

**37%

Television ****20%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Ranjapur?

■ Ranjapur · ■ Ghatal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.8%**

**81.1%

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

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****710**

**959

Working population ****34.3%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.5% for men and 72.4% for women. 62% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 73 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 169 (55%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 45 (15%) · **■** Marginal 17 (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 Ghatal

- Digha-Anandpur987 people
- Pathra987 people
- Shimulia985 people
- Narayanpur910 people
- Anandapur880 people
- Iswarpur880 people
- Hare Krishnapur869 people
- Bhangadaha864 people

[All 145 villages in Ghatal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/ghatal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ranjapur?890 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ranjapur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Ghatal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ranjapur?78.8% (Census 2011)