# Rangabalia Village, Gosaba – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gosaba, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Rangabalia

Rangabalia is a village in Gosaba sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,620 people in 857 households**, the 36th largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 3,620people (2011)
- 857households
- 84.6%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rangabalia

Of every 100 households in Rangabalia in 2011, 10 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rangabalia · ■ Gosaba rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**3%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**23%

Tap water ****86%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**2%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**94%

Use banking services ****46%**

**35%

Television ****14%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**1%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****36%**

**51%

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 Rangabalia?

■ Rangabalia · ■ Gosaba rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.6%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**981

Working population ****56.1%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.3% for men and 77.7% for women. 64% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 184 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 162 (8%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 475 (23%) · **■** Marginal 1,200 (59%)

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 Gosaba

- Mathurakhanda3,826 people
- Biprodaspur3,799 people
- Hamilton Abad3,761 people
- Uttar Danga3,673 people
- Palpur3,507 people
- Bagbagan3,467 people
- Sonagar3,391 people
- Battali3,369 people

[All 51 villages in Gosaba](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/gosaba/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rangabalia?3,620 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rangabalia in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Gosaba sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rangabalia?84.6% (Census 2011)