# Ramkantapur Village, Bishnupur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bishnupur - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Ramkantapur

Ramkantapur is a village in Bishnupur - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,221 people in 295 households**, the 65th largest of 84 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.7%.

- 1,221people (2011)
- 295households
- 75.7%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ramkantapur

Of every 100 households in Ramkantapur in 2011, 84 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Ramkantapur · ■ Bishnupur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**56%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**53%

No toilet (open defecation) ****58%**

**44%

Tap water ****16%**

**68%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**91%

Use banking services ****40%**

**36%

Television ****61%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****18%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Ramkantapur?

■ Ramkantapur · ■ Bishnupur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.7%**

**77.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1044**

**954

Working population ****39.3%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.9% for men and 65.9% for women. 64% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 119 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 26 (5%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 112 (23%) · **■** Marginal 221 (46%)

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 Bishnupur - I

- Hata1,272 people
- Rajarampur1,242 people
- Chakdhir1,239 people
- Kaikhali1,234 people
- Bardeuli1,217 people
- Lakshmikantapur1,138 people
- Ganeskuribaria1,124 people
- Goth Beria1,109 people

[All 85 villages in Bishnupur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/bishnupur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ramkantapur?1,221 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ramkantapur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Bishnupur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ramkantapur?75.7% (Census 2011)