# Ramchandrapur Village, Jhargram – Population & Literacy

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Ramchandrapur

Ramchandrapur is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **966 people in 222 households**, the 21st largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 966people (2011)
- 222households
- 72.3%literacy
- 1,029females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ramchandrapur

Of every 100 households in Ramchandrapur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ramchandrapur · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**86%

Tap water ****4%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**30%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****31%**

**34%

Television ****9%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**17%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Ramchandrapur?

■ Ramchandrapur · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.3%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1029**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****786**

**979

Working population ****35.6%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.7% for men and 63.5% for women. 54% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 47 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 112 (33%) · **■** Other work 103 (30%) · **■** Marginal 82 (24%)

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 Jhargram

- Dalkati1,061 people
- Tanga1,036 people
- Pindkhara1,024 people
- Marai Khunti983 people
- Bamun Mura962 people
- Pukharia958 people
- Nedha Bahara938 people
- Netura928 people

[All 604 villages in Jhargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jhargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ramchandrapur?966 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ramchandrapur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ramchandrapur?72.3% (Census 2011)