# Badhia Village, Ramnagar - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Ramnagar - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Badhia

Badhia is a village in Ramnagar - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,979 people in 1,261 households**, the 1st largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.

- 5,979people (2011)
- 1,261households
- 75.3%literacy
- 1,009females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Badhia

Of every 100 households in Badhia in 2011, 42 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Badhia · ■ Ramnagar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****9%**

**9%

Tap water ****4%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**89%

Use banking services ****26%**

**51%

Television ****12%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**18%

Own their home ****95%**

**95%

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 Badhia?

■ Badhia · ■ Ramnagar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.3%**

**87.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1009**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****939**

**929

Working population ****39.5%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.5% for men and 65.2% for women. 59% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 232 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 849 (36%) · **■** Household industry 36 (2%) · **■** Other work 243 (10%) · **■** Marginal 1,004 (42%)

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 Ramnagar - I

- Mukundapur5,054 people
- Damadarpur4,236 people
- Ranisai3,976 people
- Talga Chhari3,421 people

[All 149 villages in Ramnagar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/ramnagar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Badhia?5,979 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Badhia in?Purba Medinipur district (Ramnagar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Badhia?75.3% (Census 2011)