# Ratnamala Village, Contai - III, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Ratnamala

Ratnamala is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **775 people in 181 households**, the 78th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 94.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 775people (2011)
- 181households
- 94.3%literacy
- 914females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ratnamala

Of every 100 households in Ratnamala in 2011, 42 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ratnamala · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**4%

Tap water ****100%**

**20%

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

**2%

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

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****36%**

**42%

Television ****17%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**27%

Own their home ****98%**

**94%

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 Ratnamala?

■ Ratnamala · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****94.3%**

**89.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****914**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1079**

**948

Working population ****45.7%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.1% for men and 90.0% for women. 65% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 17 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (3%) · **■** Household industry 35 (10%) · **■** Other work 102 (29%) · **■** Marginal 188 (53%)

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 - III

- Uttar Pithulia788 people
- Bara Rasulpur786 people
- Purba Fatepur780 people
- Barkasmili779 people
- Shikhar Patra Bar768 people
- Amratalia736 people
- Barani716 people
- Ballabpur712 people

[All 166 villages in Contai - III](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-iii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ratnamala?775 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ratnamala in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ratnamala?94.3% (Census 2011)