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

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Village · Tamluk, Purba Medinipur 

# Ranichak

Ranichak is a village in Tamluk sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,871 people in 462 households**, the 49th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 95.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.9%.

- 1,871people (2011)
- 462households
- 95.2%literacy
- 888females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ranichak

Of every 100 households in Ranichak in 2011, 27 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ranichak · ■ Tamluk rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**20%

Tap water ****1%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**7%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****72%**

**91%

Use banking services ****34%**

**45%

Television ****7%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 · ■ Tamluk rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****95.2%**

**86.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****888**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****914**

**972

Working population ****50.5%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.7% for men and 93.5% for women. 60% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 114 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 112 (12%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 38 (4%) · **■** Marginal 676 (72%)

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

- Shalikadhanichak1,919 people
- Kakgechhya1,909 people
- Payarchali1,903 people
- Uttar Sautanchak1,873 people
- Srikanthakalaganda1,859 people
- Laichhanpur1,857 people
- Madanmohanchak1,663 people
- Chak Garupota1,601 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ranichak?1,871 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ranichak in?Purba Medinipur district (Tamluk sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ranichak?95.2% (Census 2011)