# Ragma Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Ragma

Ragma is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,083 people in 211 households**, the 49th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 1,083people (2011)
- 211households
- 56.0%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ragma

Of every 100 households in Ragma in 2011, 30 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ragma · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**5%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**85%

Use banking services ****43%**

**41%

Television ****15%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Ragma?

■ Ragma · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.0%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1071**

**957

Working population ****51.4%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.4% for men and 37.3% for women. 59% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 33 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (2%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 78 (14%) · **■** Marginal 426 (76%)

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 Barabazar

- Jharia1,121 people
- Biskudra1,108 people
- Dhargaon1,086 people
- Dubrajpur1,086 people
- Taltanr Alias Deugram1,074 people
- Tetto1,068 people
- Simuduri1,064 people
- Senada1,024 people

[All 215 villages in Barabazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/barabazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ragma?1,083 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ragma in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ragma?56.0% (Census 2011)