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

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Ratanpur

Ratanpur is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **583 people in 134 households**, the 111th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 583people (2011)
- 134households
- 93.0%literacy
- 805females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ratanpur

Of every 100 households in Ratanpur in 2011, 80 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ratanpur · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**15%

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

**2%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****74%**

**43%

Television ****17%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Ratanpur?

■ Ratanpur · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.0%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****805**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****719**

**956

Working population ****31.2%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.3% for men and 86.5% for women. 53% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 37 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 75 (41%) · **■** Household industry 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 36 (20%) · **■** Marginal 30 (16%)

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

- Sabajpur610 people
- Baliarpur606 people
- Narasingapur605 people
- Amartalya595 people
- Madhabpur576 people
- Bagdian575 people
- Subdi574 people
- Gagannathpur Ist Part572 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 Ratanpur?583 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ratanpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ratanpur?93.0% (Census 2011)