# Ray Band Village, Neturia, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Neturia, Puruliya 

# Ray Band

Ray Band is a village in Neturia sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,092 people in 358 households**, the 4th largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 2,092people (2011)
- 358households
- 65.8%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ray Band

Of every 100 households in Ray Band in 2011, 33 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Ray Band · ■ Neturia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**8%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

**66%

Use banking services ****45%**

**57%

Television ****10%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**14%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****4%**

**16%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Ray Band?

■ Ray Band · ■ Neturia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.8%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1055**

**967

Working population ****30.0%**

**37.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.1% for men and 52.7% for women. 52% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 97 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 38 (6%) · **■** Household industry 17 (3%) · **■** Other work 375 (60%) · **■** Marginal 101 (16%)

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

- Sarbari5,007 people
- Bhamaria3,425 people
- Digha2,300 people
- Bonra2,051 people
- Bartoria1,898 people
- Ranipur Colliery1,873 people
- Nadiha1,801 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ray Band?2,092 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ray Band in?Puruliya district (Neturia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ray Band?65.8% (Census 2011)