# Ratna Village, Magrahat - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Magrahat - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Ratna

Ratna is a village in Magrahat - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,793 people in 409 households**, the 41st largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.0%.

- 1,793people (2011)
- 409households
- 80.2%literacy
- 868females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ratna

Of every 100 households in Ratna in 2011, 56 had electricity, 61 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ratna · ■ Magrahat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****61%**

**48%

No toilet (open defecation) ****39%**

**50%

Tap water ****1%**

**29%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**91%

Use banking services ****63%**

**34%

Television ****39%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****17%**

**35%

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 Ratna?

■ Ratna · ■ Magrahat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.2%**

**78.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****868**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****837**

**956

Working population ****34.9%**

**33.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.6% for men and 70.6% for women. 58% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 31 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 80 (13%) · **■** Household industry 148 (24%) · **■** Other work 285 (46%) · **■** Marginal 81 (13%)

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 Magrahat - II

- Dakshin Mukundapur1,841 people
- Abad Ishwaripur1,817 people
- Dodalia1,805 people
- Sarbanandapur1,797 people
- Rajpur1,721 people
- Shyamnagar1,714 people
- Taldi1,665 people
- Moukhali1,659 people

[All 78 villages in Magrahat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/magrahat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ratna?1,793 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ratna in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Magrahat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ratna?80.2% (Census 2011)