# Ranipur Colliery Village, Neturia, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Neturia, Puruliya 

# Ranipur Colliery

Ranipur Colliery is a village in Neturia sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,873 people in 351 households**, the 7th largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 1,873people (2011)
- 351households
- 81.8%literacy
- 892females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ranipur Colliery

Of every 100 households in Ranipur Colliery in 2011, 98 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 44 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Ranipur Colliery · ■ Neturia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**10%

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

**88%

Tap water ****97%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****68%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****16%**

**66%

Use banking services ****76%**

**57%

Television ****84%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****44%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****7%**

**16%

Own their home ****0%**

**94%

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 Ranipur Colliery?

■ Ranipur Colliery · ■ Neturia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.8%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****892**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****802**

**967

Working population ****34.5%**

**37.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.5% for men and 73.2% for women. 49% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 285 (44%) · **■** Marginal 360 (56%)

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 Neturia

- Digha2,300 people
- Ray Band2,092 people
- Bonra2,051 people
- Bartoria1,898 people
- Nadiha1,801 people
- Dumarhir1,610 people
- Deilya1,592 people
- Bhurkunrabari1,514 people

[All 123 villages in Neturia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/neturia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ranipur Colliery?1,873 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ranipur Colliery in?Puruliya district (Neturia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ranipur Colliery?81.8% (Census 2011)