Village · Panskura, Purba Medinipur
# Arangabar

Arangabar is a village in Panskura sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 359 people in 81 households, the 210th largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.
- 359 people (2011)
- 81 households
- 87.3% literacy
- 889 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Arangabar

Of every 100 households in Arangabar in 2011, 69 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Arangabar · ■ Panskura rural average
- Electricity for lighting 69% 63%
- Toilet within the home 100% 75%
- No toilet (open defecation) 0% 22%
- Tap water 0% 4%
- Drinking water within premises 22% 8%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 2% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 98% 93%
- Use banking services 29% 36%
- Television 30% 26%
- Mobile phone 52% 48%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 8% 8%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 6% 15%
- Own their home 100% 97%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Arangabar?

■ Arangabar · ■ Panskura rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 87.3% 83.7%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 889 946
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 867 949
- Working population 42.9% 45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.0% for men and 77.6% for women. 64% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 32 (21%) · ■ Farm labourers 41 (27%) · ■ Household industry 1 (1%) · ■ Other work 56 (36%) · ■ Marginal 24 (16%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Panskura
- Serhati 383 people
- Pakuria 372 people
- Belda 367 people
- Paltaberya 360 people
- Gobindapur 353 people
- Kunarpur 352 people
- Akhuar 348 people
- Uttar Palsa 320 people

All 230 villages in Panskura

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Arangabar? 359 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Arangabar in? Purba Medinipur district (Panskura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Arangabar? 87.3% (Census 2011)

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