# Ramkrishnapur Village, Basanti – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basanti, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Ramkrishnapur

Ramkrishnapur is a village in Basanti sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,176 people in 467 households**, the 52nd largest of 64 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 2,176people (2011)
- 467households
- 77.9%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ramkrishnapur

Of every 100 households in Ramkrishnapur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ramkrishnapur · ■ Basanti rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**57%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**95%

Use banking services ****19%**

**18%

Television ****9%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****45%**

**46%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Ramkrishnapur?

■ Ramkrishnapur · ■ Basanti rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.9%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****926**

**971

Working population ****30.9%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.3% for men and 69.2% for women. 56% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 148 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 214 (32%) · **■** Household industry 21 (3%) · **■** Other work 113 (17%) · **■** Marginal 176 (26%)

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

- Charanikhali2,316 people
- Matgaran2,308 people
- Krishnagar2,237 people
- Sibganj2,226 people
- Mahespur2,129 people
- Dakshin Narayantala1,992 people
- Amratala1,962 people
- Srirampur1,875 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 Ramkrishnapur?2,176 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ramkrishnapur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Basanti sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ramkrishnapur?77.9% (Census 2011)