Village · Sarupeta, Barpeta
# Tangla

Tangla is a village in Sarupeta sub-district of Barpeta district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted 2,589 people in 517 households, the 15th largest of 81 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.
- 2,589 people (2011)
- 517 households
- 55.6% literacy
- 972 females per 1,000 males

## Tangla PIN code and other codes

Tangla falls in Sarupeta sub-district, Barpeta district, Assam.
- Gram panchayat 107 No Datirbari
- Community development block Bhabanipur
- Census village code 283364

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Tangla?

15 services counted by the Census are inside Tangla; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Pre-primary school In village · 1 private
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Public bus service In village
- ● Private bus service In village
- ● National highway In village
- ● State highway In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Community centre In village
- ● Sports field In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school under 5 km · Singimari
- ○ Degree college 5–10 km · Pathsala
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 5–10 km
- ○ Dispensary 5–10 km
- ○ Post office 5–10 km
- ○ Railway station 5–10 km
- ○ ATM 5–10 km
- ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 5–10 km
- ○ Public library 5–10 km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011) 14 h summer · 13 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Tangla known for?

About 57% of the 516 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Tangla

Of every 100 households in Tangla in 2011, 12 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 5 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Tangla · ■ Sarupeta rural average
- Electricity for lighting 12% 26%
- Toilet within the home 33% 67%
- No toilet (open defecation) 67% 32%
- Tap water 0% 1%
- Drinking water within premises 37% 67%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 7% 14%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 92% 84%
- Use banking services 31% 50%
- Television 13% 16%
- Mobile phone 5% 42%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 7% 8%
- Car / jeep / van 2% 1%
- None of these assets 23% 21%
- Own their home 100% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Tangla?

■ Tangla · ■ Sarupeta rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 55.6% 68.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 972 958
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1005 959
- Working population 24.7% 31.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.2% for men and 49.7% for women. 46% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 99 (15%) · ■ Farm labourers 9 (1%) · ■ Household industry 17 (3%) · ■ Other work 484 (76%) · ■ Marginal 31 (5%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Sarupeta
- Batua 2,880 people
- Dolor Pathar 2,861 people
- Charal Para 2,820 people
- Purbaluasur 2,617 people
- Katola 2,576 people
- Hallang Bari 2,573 people
- Karagari 2,566 people
- Borbhitha 2,545 people

All 81 villages in Sarupeta

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Tangla? 2,589 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tangla in? Barpeta district (Sarupeta sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Tangla? 55.6% (Census 2011)

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