# Rankul Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Rankul

Rankul is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **737 people in 120 households**, the 161st largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 737people (2011)
- 120households
- 67.9%literacy
- 909females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rankul

Of every 100 households in Rankul in 2011, 4 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rankul · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****15%**

**19%

Television ****0%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****67%**

**28%

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 Rankul?

■ Rankul · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.9%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****909**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****774**

**943

Working population ****32.2%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.2% for men and 61.2% for women. 47% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 66 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 51 (22%) · **■** Other work 6 (3%) · **■** Marginal 114 (48%)

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 Karandighi

- Lohapunji766 people
- Panasbari756 people
- Madargachhi748 people
- Kachnagachh740 people
- Bhagelia727 people
- Saraunja706 people
- Ganjana686 people
- Jharibarhans663 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rankul?737 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rankul in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rankul?67.9% (Census 2011)