# Raniara Village, Panskura, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Panskura, Purba Medinipur 

# Raniara

Raniara is a village in Panskura sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,500 people in 317 households**, the 70th largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.

- 1,500people (2011)
- 317households
- 84.4%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Raniara

Of every 100 households in Raniara in 2011, 70 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Raniara · ■ Panskura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**8%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****46%**

**36%

Television ****36%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**15%

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 Raniara?

■ Raniara · ■ Panskura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.4%**

**83.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1020**

**949

Working population ****33.9%**

**45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.2% for men and 77.4% for women. 61% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 175 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 70 (14%) · **■** Household industry 15 (3%) · **■** Other work 187 (37%) · **■** Marginal 61 (12%)

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 Panskura

- Dharenda1,552 people
- Gotpota1,540 people
- Kalai1,532 people
- Harinarayan Chak1,512 people
- Dabuapukur1,472 people
- Medinipur Ratudya1,433 people
- Sarifabad1,433 people
- Isahakpur1,410 people

[All 230 villages in Panskura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/panskura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Raniara?1,500 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Raniara in?Purba Medinipur district (Panskura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Raniara?84.4% (Census 2011)