# Aranga Village, Egra - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Aranga

Aranga is a village in Egra - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,243 people in 249 households**, the 48th largest of 115 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 1,243people (2011)
- 249households
- 80.9%literacy
- 875females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Aranga

Of every 100 households in Aranga in 2011, 52 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Aranga · ■ Egra - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****15%**

**4%

Tap water ****40%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****41%**

**33%

Television ****15%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**32%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Aranga?

■ Aranga · ■ Egra - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.9%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****875**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****696**

**953

Working population ****57.4%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.6% for men and 71.2% for women. 59% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 81 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 56 (8%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 77 (11%) · **■** Marginal 497 (70%)

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 Egra - II

- Garia1,325 people
- Asti1,302 people
- Bar Bhagia1,274 people
- Saharda1,262 people
- Piraj Khan Bar1,176 people
- Tentuliagiri1,176 people
- Mota Ghata1,111 people
- Keutgerya1,101 people

[All 117 villages in Egra - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Aranga?1,243 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Aranga in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Aranga?80.9% (Census 2011)