Lead story
18
September 2026
newsSTATE
Welcome To The West Bengal Village Where English Language Is A Family Affair!
Reported by News18.
By Resident0 likes0 comments
Represented by
Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SD
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SARASWATI DAS
Contact: 90****4660
Spotted a stale sarpanch record? Sign in and a verified resident of Ramnagar can update it.
- LGD code
- 325846
- Pincode
- 712406
- Post office
- Khanakul
- Population
- 2,746
- Households
- 597
- Literacy rate
- 61.3%
- Sex ratio
- 976 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 984
Census 2011 · in context
How Ramnagar compares
By population, Ramnagar ranks #37 of 94 villages in Khanakul - I mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.3%
−7.3% vs mandal average
- Ramnagar
- 61.3%
- Khanakul - I mandal
- 68.6%
- Hooghly district
- 73.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
976
+29 vs mandal average
- Ramnagar
- 976
- Khanakul - I mandal
- 947
Household size
people per home
4.6
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Ramnagar
- 4.6
- Khanakul - I mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ramnagar at a glance
Ramnagar is a village of 2,746 people in 597 households (Census 2011) in Khanakul - I block, Hooghly district, West Bengal, the 37th-largest of 94 villages in Khanakul - I block. Literacy is 61%, 7 points below the block average of 69% and the sex ratio is 976 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 712406, served by Khanakul post office; the LGD village code is 325846. The sarpanch is SARASWATI DAS, and the village votes in Pursurah assembly constituency, represented by MLA Biman Ghosh. The population is estimated at 3,238 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Khanakul-Ii →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramnagar · this village | 2,746 | 61% | — |
| Krishnanagar · Khanakul - I | 4,767 | 62% | — |
| Dharmmapur · Khanakul - I | 3,325 | 79% | — |
| Nabasan · Khanakul - I | 2,799 | 64% | — |
| Gopalnagar · Khanakul - I | 1,286 | 78% | — |
| Birlok · Khanakul - I | 1,110 | 71% | — |
| Jayananda Golanandapur · Khanakul - I | 1,068 | 77% | — |
Complete this village · 4/7
Add what you know →- Sarpanch name
- Panchayat contact
- Pincode
- About the villageA few sentences on history and livelihood
- A photoTemple, school, fields — anything from the village
- A festival or jatara
- A notable personTeacher, soldier, sportsperson, entrepreneur
Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ramnagar
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 22
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- Yes
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 190.53
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 66
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ramnagar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Ramnagar
- LGD code
- 325846
- Pincode
- 712406
- Post office
- Khanakul
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,746
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,238
- Households
- 597
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 976
- Literacy rate
- 61.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Arambag
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pursurah
- Member of Parliament
- Mitali Bag
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Biman Ghosh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SARASWATI DAS
- Block / Mandal
- Khanakul - I
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 712406
- PolKhanakul - I mandal11,038 pop
- RoutkhanaKhanakul - II mandal6,114 pop
- MainanKhanakul - I mandal5,623 pop
- HirapurKhanakul - II mandal5,486 pop
- PatulKhanakul - I mandal5,472 pop
- RamchandrapurKhanakul - II mandal5,299 pop
- ArundaKhanakul - I mandal5,291 pop
- RadhaballabhpurKhanakul - I mandal5,168 pop
- Dainan AnantanagarKhanakul - I mandal4,840 pop
Same name, different place
Other villages named Ramnagar
Looking for a different Ramnagar? The largest eight this name across India. All villages named Ramnagar →
- RamnagarBaruipur · South 24 Parganas, West Bengal17,053 pop
- RamnagarPipra · Supaul, Bihar14,596 pop
- RamnagarPhulparas · Madhubani, Bihar10,072 pop
- RamnagarSupa · Uttara Kannada, Karnataka8,055 pop
- RamnagarGaighat · Muzaffarpur, Bihar7,464 pop
- RamnagarBiraul · Darbhanga, Bihar6,730 pop
- RamnagarPalasi · Araria, Bihar6,639 pop
- RamnagarKhambhalia · Devbhumi Dwarka, Gujarat5,668 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Ramnagar
Other villages in Khanakul - I mandal
View all 60+ →- Ghoshpur
- Pol
- Balipur
- Purbba Thakurani Chak
- Mainan
- Purbba Radhanagar
- Paschim Thakurani Chak
- Patul
- Arunda
- Radhaballabhpur
- Dainan Anantanagar
- Krishnanagar
- Tantisal
- Mahishgot
- Pilkhan
- Kanchra
- Udna
- Chabbishpur
- Helan
- Kanakpur
- Khanakul
- Dhamla
- Sankarpur
- Majpur
- Dharmmapur
- Chhatrashali
- Kishorpur
- Dhara Shimul
- Bandipur
- Kurkuri
- Udaypur
- Ghashua
- Daspur
- Paschim Ghoshpur
- Nabasan
- Kaiba
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)