# Rain Village, Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Rain

Rain is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,329 people in 1,060 households**, the 9th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 5,329people (2011)
- 1,060households
- 86.7%literacy
- 945females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rain

Of every 100 households in Rain in 2011, 81 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Rain · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****81%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****24%**

**19%

Tap water ****41%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**90%

Use banking services ****44%**

**44%

Television ****36%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**17%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Rain?

■ Rain · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.7%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****945**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****864**

**942

Working population ****32.5%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.9% for men and 80.2% for women. 58% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 71 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 58 (3%) · **■** Household industry 14 (1%) · **■** Other work 694 (40%) · **■** Marginal 894 (52%)

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 Kolaghat

- Narayan Pakuria5,654 people
- Siddha5,642 people
- Arar5,618 people
- Gopal Nagar5,333 people
- Raksa Chak4,308 people
- Mandar Gachha4,204 people
- Paramanandapur4,002 people
- Kishor Chak3,931 people

[All 109 villages in Kolaghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/kolaghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rain?5,329 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rain in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rain?86.7% (Census 2011)