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

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Village · Sankrail, Paschim Medinipur 

# Ranjitpur

Ranjitpur is a village in Sankrail sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,216 people in 253 households**, the 10th largest of 247 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 1,216people (2011)
- 253households
- 73.3%literacy
- 1,010females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ranjitpur

Of every 100 households in Ranjitpur in 2011, 36 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ranjitpur · ■ Sankrail rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****76%**

**51%

Television ****22%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**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 Ranjitpur?

■ Ranjitpur · ■ Sankrail rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.3%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1010**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****970**

**973

Working population ****45.1%**

**45.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.0% for men and 64.8% for women. 58% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 143 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 200 (36%) · **■** Household industry 17 (3%) · **■** Other work 56 (10%) · **■** Marginal 132 (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 Sankrail

- Dakshin Danrya1,326 people
- Dumuria Shrishbani1,320 people
- Chirakuti1,291 people
- Jangal Kurachi1,280 people
- Bhamal1,161 people
- Naihati1,143 people
- Hanumanta Nengurya1,046 people
- Bakra1,040 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ranjitpur?1,216 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ranjitpur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Sankrail sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ranjitpur?73.3% (Census 2011)