# Rangamatia Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Rangamatia

Rangamatia is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **709 people in 143 households**, the 94th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 709people (2011)
- 143households
- 64.9%literacy
- 1,008females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rangamatia

Of every 100 households in Rangamatia in 2011, 46 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rangamatia · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**5%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**85%

Use banking services ****58%**

**41%

Television ****48%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Rangamatia?

■ Rangamatia · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.9%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1008**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1173**

**957

Working population ****36.0%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.1% for men and 50.5% for women. 53% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 98 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 51 (20%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 68 (27%) · **■** Marginal 36 (14%)

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

- Shamrola758 people
- Bhagabandh749 people
- Palma746 people
- Hullung723 people
- Badaldih706 people
- Karmabera694 people
- Gordih688 people
- Ranipukur687 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rangamatia?709 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rangamatia in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rangamatia?64.9% (Census 2011)