# Ramkalua Village, Tamluk, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tamluk, Purba Medinipur 

# Ramkalua

Ramkalua is a village in Tamluk sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **902 people in 203 households**, the 80th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.9%.

- 902people (2011)
- 203households
- 87.9%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ramkalua

Of every 100 households in Ramkalua in 2011, 72 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ramkalua · ■ Tamluk rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**55%

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

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****9%**

**20%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

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

**7%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**91%

Use banking services ****62%**

**45%

Television ****22%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**20%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Ramkalua?

■ Ramkalua · ■ Tamluk rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.9%**

**86.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****935**

**972

Working population ****39.6%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.1% for men and 80.9% for women. 68% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 79 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 41 (11%) · **■** Household industry 11 (3%) · **■** Other work 211 (59%) · **■** Marginal 15 (4%)

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 Tamluk

- Narsingkalua1,048 people
- Damodarpur987 people
- Barmirjapur950 people
- Melahait906 people
- Panchpukhuria874 people
- Nijjote Garupota857 people
- Pipulberya849 people
- Purbacharandaschak794 people

[All 99 villages in Tamluk](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/tamluk/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ramkalua?902 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ramkalua in?Purba Medinipur district (Tamluk sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ramkalua?87.9% (Census 2011)