# Tung Charar Village, Ranibundh, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Ranibundh, Bankura 

# Tung Charar

Tung Charar is a village in Ranibundh sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,617 people in 318 households**, the 10th largest of 169 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.5%.

- 1,617people (2011)
- 318households
- 72.9%literacy
- 984females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tung Charar

Of every 100 households in Tung Charar in 2011, 27 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tung Charar · ■ Ranibundh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**94%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****16%**

**34%

Television ****12%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Tung Charar?

■ Tung Charar · ■ Ranibundh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.9%**

**68.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****984**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1115**

**951

Working population ****43.8%**

**48.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.4% for men and 62.1% for women. 55% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 34 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 83 (12%) · **■** Household industry 17 (2%) · **■** Other work 54 (8%) · **■** Marginal 521 (73%)

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 Ranibundh

- Kama2,189 people
- Dhanara2,170 people
- Rajakata2,077 people
- Birkham1,943 people
- Talgara1,589 people
- Halud Kanali1,502 people
- Jhilimili1,429 people
- Rautara1,384 people

[All 186 villages in Ranibundh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/ranibundh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tung Charar?1,617 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tung Charar in?Bankura district (Ranibundh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tung Charar?72.9% (Census 2011)