Raninagar - I Community Development Block, with population of about 1.9 lakh is Murshidabad district's the 5th least populous sub district, located in Murshidabad district of the state West Bengal in India. There are 57 villages in the sub district, among them Moktarpur is the most populous village with population of 9739 and Charalampur is the least populous village with population of 143. Bishnupur is the biggest village in the sub district with an area of 9 km2 and Arazi Kanaipur is the smallest with 0 km2.
There are 2 census towns in the sub district, those are - Islampur and Harharia Chak Census Towns.
Demographics
The sub district is home to about 1.9 lakh people, among them about 96 thousand (51%) are male and about 93 thousand (49%) are female. 92% of the whole population are from general caste, 8% are from schedule caste and 0% are schedule tribes. Child (aged under 6 years) population of Raninagar - I community development block is 14%, among them 50% are boys and 50% are girls. There are about 45 thousand households in the sub district and an average 4 persons live in every family.
The majority of the population, nearly 87% (about 1.6 lakh) live in Raninagar - I Sub District rural part and 13% (about 24 thousand) population live in the Raninagar - I Sub District urban part.
|
Total |
General |
Schedule Caste |
Schedule Tribe |
Child |
| Total |
189,105 |
174,323 |
14,293 |
489 |
26,532 |
| Male |
96,248 |
88,760 |
7,259 |
229 |
13,326 |
| Female |
92,857 |
85,563 |
7,034 |
260 |
13,206 |
Religion wise distribution of population
Muslims contribute 82% of the total population and are the largest religious community in the sub district followed by Hindus which contribute 18% of the total population.. Female Sex ratio per 1000 male in Muslims are 966 in Hindus are 956.
|
Total |
Hindu |
Muslim |
Christian |
Sikh |
Buddhist |
Jain |
Others |
Not Stated |
| Total |
189,105 |
34,418 |
154,487 |
50 |
8 |
4 |
7 |
22 |
109 |
| Male |
96,248 |
17,593 |
78,565 |
21 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
8 |
53 |
| Female |
92,857 |
16,825 |
75,922 |
29 |
7 |
0 |
4 |
14 |
56 |
Growth of population
Population of the sub district has increased by 22.3% in last 10 years. In 2001 census total population here were about 1.5 lakh. Female population growth rate of the sub district is 23.8% which is 2.9% higher than male population growth rate of 20.9%. General caste population has increased by 18.4%; Schedule caste population has increased by 103%; Schedule Tribe population has increased by 72.2% and child population has increased by 0.4% in the sub district since last census.
|
Total |
General |
Schedule Caste |
Schedule Tribe |
Child |
| Total |
22.3% |
18.4% |
103% |
72.2% |
0.4% |
| Male |
20.9% |
17% |
101.9% |
61.3% |
0.3% |
| Female |
23.8% |
19.8% |
104.2% |
83.1% |
0.5% |
Sex Ratio - Females per 1000 Male
As of 2011 census there are 965 females per 1000 male in the sub district. Sex ratio in general caste is 964, in schedule caste is 969 and in schedule tribe is 1135. There are 991 girls under 6 years of age per 1000 boys of the same age in the sub district. Overall sex ratio in the sub district has increased by 23 females per 1000 male during the years from 2001 to 2011. Child sex ratio here has increased by 3 girls per 1000 boys during the same time.
|
Total |
General |
SC |
ST |
Child |
| Change |
23 |
22 |
11 |
135 |
3 |
| 2011 |
965 |
964 |
969 |
1135 |
991 |
| 2001 |
942 |
942 |
958 |
1000 |
988 |
Literacy
Total about 1.1 lakh people in the sub district are literate, among them about 57 thousand are male and about 53 thousand are female. Literacy rate (children under 6 are excluded) of Raninagar - I is 67%. 68% of male and 66% of female population are literate here. Overall literacy rate in the sub district has increased by 14%. Male literacy has gone up by 11% and female literacy rate has gone up by 17%.
|
Total |
Male |
Female |
| Change |
14.0% |
11.3% |
16.9% |
| 2011 |
67.2% |
68.4% |
66% |
| 2001 |
53.2% |
57.1% |
49.1% |
Workers profile
Raninagar - I has 33% (about 63 thousand) population engaged in either main or marginal works. 57% male and 9% female population are working population. 48% of total male population are main (full time) workers and 9% are marginal (part time) workers. For women 5% of total female population are main and 4% are marginal workers.
|
Worker (Among total population) |
Main Worker (Among workers) |
Marginal Worker (Among workers) |
Non Worker (Among total population) |
| Total |
33.5% |
26.8% |
6.7% |
66.5% |
| Male |
57.1% |
47.9% |
9.1% |
42.9% |
| Female |
9% |
4.8% |
4.2% |
91% |