Ramnagar | |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Pushpin Map: | India West Bengal # India |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in West Bengal, India |
Coordinates: | 21.6786°N 87.5592°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | West Bengal |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Purba Medinipur |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Total: | 1,914 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Bengali, English |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 721441 (Ramnagar) |
Area Code Type: | Telephone/STD code |
Area Code: | 03229 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Kanthi |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Ramnagar |
Ramnagar is a Township Area, in Ramnagar I CD block in Contai subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.
The headquarters of Ramnagar I CD block are located at Ramnagar.[1]
Ramnagar police station is located at Talgachari. It has jurisdiction over Ramnagar I (part) and Ramnagar II CD blocks. It covers an area of 286.02 km2 with a population of 309,836.[2]
93.55% of the population of Contai subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 6.45% of the population live in the urban areas and it is considerably behind Haldia subdivision in urbanization, where 20.81% of the population live in urban areas.[3]
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
As per 2011 Census of India Ramnagar had a total population of 1,914 of which 964 (50%) were males and 950 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was 196. The total number of literates in Ramnagar was 1,580 (91.97% of the population over 6 years).[4]
SH 4 connecting Jhalda (in Purulia district) and Digha (in Purba Medinipur district) passes through Ramnagar.[5] Egra-Ramnagar Road meets SH 4 at Ramnagar.[6]
Ramnagar (Bengal) railway station is the nearest railway station on the Tamluk-Digha line,[7]