# Ramnagar Village, Purulia - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Ramnagar

Ramnagar is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,589 people in 400 households**, the 18th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 2,589people (2011)
- 400households
- 77.7%literacy
- 592females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ramnagar

Of every 100 households in Ramnagar in 2011, 41 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Ramnagar · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**92%

Tap water ****16%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**84%

Use banking services ****80%**

**44%

Television ****28%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**22%

Own their home ****84%**

**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 Ramnagar?

■ Ramnagar · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.7%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****592**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****679**

**934

Working population ****23.6%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.5% for men and 55.9% for women. 34% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 46 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (1%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 120 (20%) · **■** Marginal 433 (71%)

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 Purulia - I

- Sanaijuri2,985 people
- Nadiyara2,912 people
- Rudra2,659 people
- Simulia2,659 people
- Bhandar Puara2,490 people
- Baligara2,458 people
- Chirka2,398 people
- Balguma2,353 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ramnagar?2,589 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ramnagar in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ramnagar?77.7% (Census 2011)