# Ranichak Village, Sahid Matangini – Population & Literacy

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Village · Sahid Matangini, Purba Medinipur 

# Ranichak

Ranichak is a village in Sahid Matangini sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,394 people in 322 households**, the 58th largest of 81 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.8%.

- 1,394people (2011)
- 322households
- 89.8%literacy
- 977females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ranichak

Of every 100 households in Ranichak in 2011, 32 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Ranichak · ■ Sahid Matangini rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**68%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**74%

No toilet (open defecation) ****11%**

**21%

Tap water ****1%**

**11%

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

**6%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**89%

Use banking services ****38%**

**38%

Television ****12%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****22%**

**24%

Own their home ****85%**

**96%

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 · ■ Sahid Matangini rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.8%**

**86.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****988**

**955

Working population ****36.5%**

**36.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.0% for men and 83.4% for women. 57% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 6 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 14 (3%) · **■** Marginal 487 (96%)

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 Sahid Matangini

- Sonapetya1,452 people
- Chandramer1,445 people
- Barhara Shankar1,444 people
- Patanda1,398 people
- Udaychak1,387 people
- Khoskana1,369 people
- Hogla1,352 people
- Prasadchak1,248 people

[All 86 villages in Sahid Matangini](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/sahid-matangini/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ranichak?1,394 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ranichak in?Purba Medinipur district (Sahid Matangini sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ranichak?89.8% (Census 2011)