# Thumkonra Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Thumkonra

Thumkonra is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **623 people in 108 households**, the 98th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 623people (2011)
- 108households
- 71.8%literacy
- 1,029females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Thumkonra

Of every 100 households in Thumkonra in 2011, 27 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Thumkonra · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**67%

Use banking services ****16%**

**43%

Television ****19%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****50%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Thumkonra?

■ Thumkonra · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.8%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1029**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1077**

**908

Working population ****32.9%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.2% for men and 57.7% for women. 53% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 10 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (7%) · **■** Other work 37 (18%) · **■** Marginal 144 (70%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Gangajalghati

- Shua Basa647 people
- Dandulya642 people
- Maraya638 people
- Kallapur624 people
- Gopinathpur616 people
- Pachamba598 people
- Kamalpur584 people
- Hare Krishnapur580 people

[All 165 villages in Gangajalghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/gangajalghati/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Thumkonra?623 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Thumkonra in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Thumkonra?71.8% (Census 2011)