Village · Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur
# Rangamatia

Rangamatia is a village in Potashpur - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 135 people in 33 households, the 138th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.
- 135 people (2011)
- 33 households
- 93.5% literacy
- 985 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rangamatia

Of every 100 households in Rangamatia in 2011, 15 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rangamatia · ■ Potashpur - II rural average
- Electricity for lighting 15% 34%
- Toilet within the home 100% 94%
- No toilet (open defecation) 0% 5%
- Tap water 0% 10%
- Drinking water within premises 3% 24%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 3% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 97% 97%
- Use banking services 0% 36%
- Television 3% 12%
- Mobile phone 21% 38%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 3% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 46% 21%
- 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 Rangamatia?

■ Rangamatia · ■ Potashpur - II rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 93.5% 86.5%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 985 938
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 2000 943
- Working population 34.8% 38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.9% for men and 89.8% for women. 68% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 41 (87%) · ■ Farm labourers 1 (2%) · ■ Other work 3 (6%) · ■ Marginal 2 (4%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Potashpur - II
- Chak Mahammad 160 people
- Chakbeli 158 people
- Kalsi 157 people
- Chakghano 139 people
- Ismailpur 131 people
- Tippanna Basan 130 people
- Chak Bishu 127 people
- Chak Mabarak 78 people

All 151 villages in Potashpur - II

## Other places named Rangamatia
- Rangamatia · Village, Ratua - II, Maldah · 4,858 people
- Rangamatia · Village, Faridpur Durgapur, Barddhaman · 2,143 people
- Rangamatia · Village, Kharagpur - I, Paschim Medinipur · 1,980 people
- Rangamatia · Village, Baripada Sadar, Mayurbhanj · 1,527 people
- Rangamatia · Village, Baripada Sadar, Mayurbhanj · 1,483 people
- Rangamatia · Village, Adityapur, Saraikela-Kharsawan · 1,482 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Rangamatia? 135 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rangamatia in? Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rangamatia? 93.5% (Census 2011)

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