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

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Village · Ramnagar - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Potapara

Potapara is a village in Ramnagar - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **239 people in 54 households**, the 123rd largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.

- 239people (2011)
- 54households
- 87.6%literacy
- 1,153females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Potapara

Of every 100 households in Potapara in 2011, 79 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Potapara · ■ Ramnagar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****79%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**9%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**12%

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

**3%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****41%**

**51%

Television ****23%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Potapara?

■ Potapara · ■ Ramnagar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.6%**

**87.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1153**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****909**

**929

Working population ****25.1%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.0% for men and 81.4% for women. 50% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 13 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (38%) · **■** Household industry 1 (2%) · **■** Other work 15 (25%) · **■** Marginal 8 (13%)

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

- Saripur290 people
- Somaibasan269 people
- Tangabani258 people
- Kaema248 people
- Hajipur228 people
- Kachua227 people
- Kaluya Sanda224 people
- Palsandapur210 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 Potapara?239 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Potapara in?Purba Medinipur district (Ramnagar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Potapara?87.6% (Census 2011)