# Rangametya Village, Raghunathpur - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Raghunathpur - I, Puruliya 

# Rangametya

Rangametya is a village in Raghunathpur - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **885 people in 167 households**, the 43rd largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.2%.

- 885people (2011)
- 167households
- 69.6%literacy
- 883females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rangametya

Of every 100 households in Rangametya in 2011, 64 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Rangametya · ■ Raghunathpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**89%

Tap water ****2%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****45%**

**71%

Use banking services ****74%**

**46%

Television ****26%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Rangametya?

■ Rangametya · ■ Raghunathpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.6%**

**64.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****883**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****963**

**964

Working population ****33.6%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.0% for men and 56.5% for women. 56% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 11 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 56 (19%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 105 (35%) · **■** Marginal 124 (42%)

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 Raghunathpur - I

- Napara980 people
- Upar Sankra948 people
- Hurara896 people
- Shyamsundarpur891 people
- Dhunia868 people
- Sija770 people
- Kunardi693 people
- Shimulberia637 people

[All 102 villages in Raghunathpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/raghunathpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rangametya?885 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rangametya in?Puruliya district (Raghunathpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rangametya?69.6% (Census 2011)