# Ranja Village, Salbani, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Salbani, Paschim Medinipur 

# Ranja

Ranja is a village in Salbani sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **477 people in 108 households**, the 145th largest of 411 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.9%.

- 477people (2011)
- 108households
- 74.2%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ranja

Of every 100 households in Ranja in 2011, 63 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ranja · ■ Salbani rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**59%

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

**20%

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

**79%

Tap water ****19%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**16%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****17%**

**52%

Television ****7%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**11%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**15%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 Ranja?

■ Ranja · ■ Salbani rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.2%**

**74.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****903**

**991

Working population ****62.1%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.8% for men and 65.0% for women. 60% of men and 64% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 83 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 30 (10%) · **■** Household industry 19 (6%) · **■** Other work 18 (6%) · **■** Marginal 146 (49%)

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 Salbani

- Kadma Sol481 people
- Rupaipur481 people
- Bhangaband478 people
- Lalua478 people
- Amchura470 people
- Sarbera470 people
- Gadamaull469 people
- Baragada465 people

[All 528 villages in Salbani](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/salbani/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ranja?477 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ranja in?Paschim Medinipur district (Salbani sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ranja?74.2% (Census 2011)