# Rangamatia Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Rangamatia

Rangamatia is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,316 people in 287 households**, the 41st largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 1,316people (2011)
- 287households
- 76.4%literacy
- 997females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rangamatia

Of every 100 households in Rangamatia in 2011, 57 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Rangamatia · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**91%

Tap water ****33%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****43%**

**84%

Use banking services ****33%**

**50%

Television ****32%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**21%

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 · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.4%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****997**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1101**

**937

Working population ****31.5%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.8% for men and 65.9% for women. 52% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 33 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 116 (28%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 108 (26%) · **■** Marginal 156 (38%)

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 Kashipur

- Isanda1,372 people
- Kusumgora Alias Ranjandi1,362 people
- Murlu1,352 people
- Jinamanipur1,325 people
- Kustor1,296 people
- Bodma1,260 people
- Kushjuri1,252 people
- Lohat1,210 people

[All 209 villages in Kashipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/kashipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rangamatia?1,316 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rangamatia in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rangamatia?76.4% (Census 2011)