# Ramchandrapur Village, Santuri, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Santuri, Puruliya 

# Ramchandrapur

Ramchandrapur is a village in Santuri sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,648 people in 525 households**, the 4th largest of 92 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 2,648people (2011)
- 525households
- 74.5%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ramchandrapur

Of every 100 households in Ramchandrapur in 2011, 72 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ramchandrapur · ■ Santuri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**86%

Tap water ****64%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****34%**

**67%

Use banking services ****48%**

**52%

Television ****47%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**22%

Own their home ****92%**

**96%

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 Ramchandrapur?

■ Ramchandrapur · ■ Santuri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.5%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1225**

**973

Working population ****34.5%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.3% for men and 63.6% for women. 51% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 46 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 46 (5%) · **■** Household industry 21 (2%) · **■** Other work 583 (64%) · **■** Marginal 218 (24%)

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 Santuri

- Baltora3,206 people
- Shunuri2,963 people
- Santuri2,700 people
- Muraddi2,321 people
- Lalgar1,963 people
- Brindabanpur1,828 people
- Tarabari1,772 people

[All 103 villages in Santuri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/santuri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ramchandrapur?2,648 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ramchandrapur in?Puruliya district (Santuri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ramchandrapur?74.5% (Census 2011)