# Rania Village, Contai - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Rania

Rania is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,707 people in 370 households**, the 21st largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 1,707people (2011)
- 370households
- 89.4%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rania

Of every 100 households in Rania in 2011, 69 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Rania · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****69%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**5%

Tap water ****20%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**15%

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

**2%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****21%**

**43%

Television ****30%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**25%

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 Rania?

■ Rania · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.4%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1082**

**956

Working population ****42.2%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.1% for men and 82.3% for women. 61% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 29 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 77 (11%) · **■** Household industry 51 (7%) · **■** Other work 266 (37%) · **■** Marginal 297 (41%)

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 Contai - I

- Kapasda1,784 people
- Badhie1,742 people
- Dakshin Charai Khia1,738 people
- Mukundapur1,726 people
- Tengunia1,669 people
- Samudrapur1,653 people
- Junbani1,637 people
- Tajpur1,616 people

[All 225 villages in Contai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rania?1,707 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rania in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rania?89.4% (Census 2011)