# Ramchandrakhali Village, Basanti – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basanti, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Ramchandrakhali

Ramchandrakhali is a village in Basanti sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **7,849 people in 1,619 households**, the 12th largest of 64 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 7,849people (2011)
- 1,619households
- 72.6%literacy
- 977females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ramchandrakhali

Of every 100 households in Ramchandrakhali in 2011, 10 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Ramchandrakhali · ■ Basanti rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**57%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**2%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**95%

Use banking services ****26%**

**18%

Television ****7%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**2%

None of these assets ****34%**

**46%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Ramchandrakhali?

■ Ramchandrakhali · ■ Basanti rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.6%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****958**

**971

Working population ****35.7%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.1% for men and 65.9% for women. 52% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 208 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 475 (17%) · **■** Household industry 233 (8%) · **■** Other work 890 (32%) · **■** Marginal 996 (36%)

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 Basanti

- Sonakhali10,582 people
- Dhuri9,411 people
- Chunakhali9,241 people
- Tilkumar8,943 people
- Chatrakhali7,208 people
- Lebukhali6,973 people
- Hiranmoypur6,562 people
- Bharatgar6,413 people

[All 66 villages in Basanti](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/basanti/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ramchandrakhali?7,849 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ramchandrakhali in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Basanti sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ramchandrakhali?72.6% (Census 2011)