# Ratan Village, Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Ratan

Ratan is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,402 people in 529 households**, the 19th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 2,402people (2011)
- 529households
- 61.3%literacy
- 863females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ratan

Of every 100 households in Ratan in 2011, 38 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ratan · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**82%

Tap water ****2%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**46%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****46%**

**34%

Television ****16%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Ratan?

■ Ratan · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.3%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****863**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****843**

**969

Working population ****36.3%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.7% for men and 49.2% for women. 56% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 284 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 257 (30%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 314 (36%) · **■** Marginal 14 (2%)

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 Kaliaganj

- Palaibari2,706 people
- Mahinagar2,655 people
- Dhankail2,603 people
- Madhabpur2,477 people
- Bhuinhara2,372 people
- Puria2,289 people
- Atghara2,232 people
- Tilgaon2,222 people

[All 192 villages in Kaliaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/kaliaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ratan?2,402 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ratan in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ratan?61.3% (Census 2011)