# Rantan Village, Falta – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Falta, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Rantan

Rantan is a village in Falta sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **879 people in 222 households**, the 95th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.

- 879people (2011)
- 222households
- 89.4%literacy
- 890females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rantan

Of every 100 households in Rantan in 2011, 87 had electricity, 75 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Rantan · ■ Falta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****87%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****75%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****25%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**91%

Use banking services ****37%**

**37%

Television ****45%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

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

**37%

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 Rantan?

■ Rantan · ■ Falta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.4%**

**76.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****890**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****824**

**965

Working population ****38.2%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.6% for men and 82.4% for women. 63% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 59 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (2%) · **■** Household industry 12 (4%) · **■** Other work 228 (68%) · **■** Marginal 30 (9%)

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 Falta

- Garkhali923 people
- Abad Simulganaja917 people
- Uttar Sagaria907 people
- Narayan Tala906 people
- Laskarpur874 people
- Krishnapur873 people
- Ramrampur859 people
- Mahadebpur846 people

[All 129 villages in Falta](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/falta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rantan?879 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rantan in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Falta sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rantan?89.4% (Census 2011)