# Ragra Village, Sankrail, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Sankrail, Paschim Medinipur 

# Ragra

Ragra is a village in Sankrail sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,916 people in 1,217 households**, the 1st largest of 247 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 5,916people (2011)
- 1,217households
- 76.0%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ragra

Of every 100 households in Ragra in 2011, 40 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ragra · ■ Sankrail rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****37%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**76%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**32%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**94%

Use banking services ****59%**

**51%

Television ****15%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**19%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Ragra?

■ Ragra · ■ Sankrail rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.0%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1106**

**973

Working population ****37.1%**

**45.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.6% for men and 70.1% for women. 54% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 781 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 827 (38%) · **■** Household industry 16 (1%) · **■** Other work 292 (13%) · **■** Marginal 279 (13%)

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 Sankrail

- Kalrui2,609 people
- Laudaha2,300 people
- Baligerya1,843 people
- Rohini1,691 people

[All 287 villages in Sankrail](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/sankrail/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ragra?5,916 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ragra in?Paschim Medinipur district (Sankrail sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ragra?76.0% (Census 2011)