# Ram Nagar Village, Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Ram Nagar

Ram Nagar is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **620 people in 154 households**, the 92nd largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 620people (2011)
- 154households
- 86.5%literacy
- 1,006females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ram Nagar

Of every 100 households in Ram Nagar in 2011, 38 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ram Nagar · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**61%

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

**76%

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

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**7%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****58%**

**44%

Television ****15%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**17%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Ram Nagar?

■ Ram Nagar · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.5%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1006**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1200**

**942

Working population ****36.9%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.0% for men and 80.1% for women. 64% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 29 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 42 (18%) · **■** Marginal 157 (69%)

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

- Parulia728 people
- Mecheda673 people
- Kaya Ayama Chak663 people
- Padampur621 people
- Babua605 people
- Chak Gopal576 people
- Uttar Sagarbar543 people
- Bankura Chak493 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ram Nagar?620 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ram Nagar in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ram Nagar?86.5% (Census 2011)