# Rangunya Village, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Rangunya

Rangunya is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **234 people in 45 households**, the 262nd largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 234people (2011)
- 45households
- 73.1%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rangunya

Of every 100 households in Rangunya in 2011, 18 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rangunya · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**30%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**97%

Use banking services ****11%**

**34%

Television ****7%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**17%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Rangunya?

■ Rangunya · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.1%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**979

Working population ****48.7%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.2% for men and 63.4% for women. 55% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 2 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 47 (41%) · **■** Other work 57 (50%) · **■** Marginal 8 (7%)

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

- Chamtidanga246 people
- Jamsola242 people
- Chauli238 people
- Narda237 people
- Nakat233 people
- Godarasta232 people
- Khejurgerya232 people
- Jangal Khas231 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rangunya?234 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rangunya in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rangunya?73.1% (Census 2011)