Village · Ramnagar - II, Purba Medinipur
# Rania

Rania is a village in Ramnagar - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 2,313 people in 494 households, the 21st largest of 134 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.4%.
- 2,313 people (2011)
- 494 households
- 86.9% literacy
- 890 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rania

Of every 100 households in Rania in 2011, 26 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Rania · ■ Ramnagar - II rural average
- Electricity for lighting 26% 46%
- Toilet within the home 88% 91%
- No toilet (open defecation) 10% 8%
- Tap water 54% 18%
- Drinking water within premises 1% 4%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 91%
- Use banking services 25% 45%
- Television 10% 20%
- Mobile phone 33% 51%
- Computer with internet 1% 0%
- Two-wheeler 5% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 30% 23%
- Own their home 97% 97%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Rania?

■ Rania · ■ Ramnagar - II rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 86.9% 89.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 890 942
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 927 981
- Working population 36.7% 36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.6% for men and 79.3% for women. 59% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 49 (6%) · ■ Farm labourers 68 (8%) · ■ Household industry 2 (0%) · ■ Other work 178 (21%) · ■ Marginal 551 (65%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Ramnagar - II
- Bheri Baranga 2,496 people
- Narandia 2,404 people
- Dakshin Purushottampur 2,394 people
- Deuli 2,357 people
- Baranga 2,212 people
- Talkatalia 2,211 people
- Thiar 2,180 people
- Nij Maithuna 1,937 people

All 137 villages in Ramnagar - II

## Other places named Rania
- Rania · Sub-district, Sirsa · 175,664 people
- Rania · Sub-district, Khunti · 39,349 people
- Rania · Town, Sirsa · 25,123 people
- Rania · Village, Gurdaspur, Gurdaspur · 3,703 people
- Rania · Village, Rania, Sirsa · 3,105 people
- Rania · Village, Contai - I, Purba Medinipur · 1,707 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Rania? 2,313 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rania in? Purba Medinipur district (Ramnagar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rania? 86.9% (Census 2011)

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