# Ranigar Village, Basanti – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Basanti, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Ranigar

Ranigar is a village in Basanti sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,973 people in 575 households**, the 43rd largest of 64 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 2,973people (2011)
- 575households
- 75.1%literacy
- 1,005females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ranigar

Of every 100 households in Ranigar in 2011, 0 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Ranigar · ■ Basanti rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****47%**

**57%

Tap water ****16%**

**8%

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

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****17%**

**18%

Television ****9%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

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

**46%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Ranigar?

■ Ranigar · ■ Basanti rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.1%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1005**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1074**

**971

Working population ****43.0%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.3% for men and 66.8% for women. 57% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 182 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 225 (18%) · **■** Household industry 86 (7%) · **■** Other work 227 (18%) · **■** Marginal 559 (44%)

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

- Joygopalpur3,323 people
- Bugulakhali3,251 people
- Ballartop3,137 people
- Harbhangi3,023 people
- Harekrishnapur2,905 people
- Parandar2,693 people
- Kumirmari2,644 people
- Laskarpur2,600 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 Ranigar?2,973 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ranigar in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Basanti sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ranigar?75.1% (Census 2011)