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

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Village · Ramnagar - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Ranichak

Ranichak is a village in Ramnagar - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **459 people in 84 households**, the 86th largest of 134 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.4%.

- 459people (2011)
- 84households
- 91.4%literacy
- 1,013females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ranichak

Of every 100 households in Ranichak in 2011, 88 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ranichak · ■ Ramnagar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**46%

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

**91%

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

**8%

Tap water ****1%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****40%**

**91%

Use banking services ****56%**

**45%

Television ****57%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**51%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**23%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Ranichak?

■ Ranichak · ■ Ramnagar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.4%**

**89.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1013**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1105**

**981

Working population ****27.9%**

**36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.6% for men and 84.3% for women. 52% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 6 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (5%) · **■** Other work 52 (41%) · **■** Marginal 64 (50%)

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

- Keshabpur539 people
- Shahapur538 people
- Mandarmani507 people
- Satbatia496 people
- Pashchim Ramchandrapur454 people
- Dayanidhibar440 people
- Khoyapur431 people
- Banbar401 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 Ranichak?459 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ranichak in?Purba Medinipur district (Ramnagar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ranichak?91.4% (Census 2011)