Ramnagar is a Township Area in
Ramnagar I CD block in
Contai subdivision
Contai Subdivision is a subdivision of the Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Subdivisions
Purba Medinipur district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions:
Administrative units
Contai subdivision ...
of
Purba Medinipur district, in the state of
West Bengal
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Geography
CD block HQ
The headquarters of Ramnagar I CD block are located at Ramnagar.
Police station
Ramnagar police station is located at Talgachari. It has jurisdiction over
Ramnagar I (part) and
Ramnagar II
Ramnagar II is a Community development block in India, community development block that forms an administrative division in Contai subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal.
Geogr ...
CD blocks. It covers an area of 286.02 km
2 with a population of 309,836.
Urbanisation
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.
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.
Demographics
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).
Transport
SH 4 connecting Jhalda (in Purulia district) and Digha (in Purba Medinipur district) passes through Ramnagar. Egra-Ramnagar Road meets SH 4 at Ramnagar.
Ramnagar (Bengal) railway station is the nearest railway station on the
Tamluk-Digha line,
References
Villages in Purba Medinipur district
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