# Baranga Village, Ramnagar - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Ramnagar - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Baranga

Baranga is a village in Ramnagar - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,212 people in 444 households**, the 22nd largest of 134 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.4%.

- 2,212people (2011)
- 444households
- 79.2%literacy
- 993females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baranga

Of every 100 households in Baranga in 2011, 52 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Baranga · ■ Ramnagar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**46%

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

**91%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**8%

Tap water ****66%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**4%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****66%**

**91%

Use banking services ****39%**

**45%

Television ****15%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**51%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**23%

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 Baranga?

■ Baranga · ■ Ramnagar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.2%**

**89.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****993**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1127**

**981

Working population ****31.6%**

**36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.2% for men and 70.1% for women. 58% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 74 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 339 (48%) · **■** Household industry 25 (4%) · **■** Other work 201 (29%) · **■** Marginal 60 (9%)

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 - II

- Narandia2,404 people
- Dakshin Purushottampur2,394 people
- Deuli2,357 people
- Rania2,313 people
- Talkatalia2,211 people
- Thiar2,180 people
- Nij Maithuna1,937 people
- Kandarpapur1,862 people

[All 137 villages in Ramnagar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/ramnagar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baranga?2,212 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baranga in?Purba Medinipur district (Ramnagar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Baranga?79.2% (Census 2011)