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Ranga Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Ranga is a medium size village located in Bagmundi Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 145 families residing. The Ranga village has population of 726 of which 367 are males while 359 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ranga village population of children with age 0-6 is 138 which makes up 19.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ranga village is 978 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Ranga as per census is 971, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Ranga village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Ranga village was 37.59 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Ranga Male literacy stands at 54.55 % while female literacy rate was 20.27 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Ranga village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Ranga village.

Ranga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 145 - -
Population 726 367 359
Child (0-6) 138 70 68
Schedule Caste 8 4 4
Schedule Tribe 714 361 353
Literacy 37.59 % 54.55 % 20.27 %
Total Workers 210 143 67
Main Worker 94 - -
Marginal Worker 116 50 66

Caste Factor

In Ranga village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.35 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.10 % of total population in Ranga village.

Work Profile

In Ranga village out of total population, 210 were engaged in work activities. 44.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 210 workers engaged in Main Work, 83 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.