# Torkona Village, Khandaghosh, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Khandaghosh, Barddhaman 

# Torkona

Torkona is a village in Khandaghosh sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,400 people in 298 households**, the 43rd largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.3%.

- 1,400people (2011)
- 298households
- 84.8%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Torkona

Of every 100 households in Torkona in 2011, 59 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Torkona · ■ Khandaghosh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****59%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****58%**

**56%

Tap water ****1%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****61%**

**81%

Use banking services ****51%**

**70%

Television ****51%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**19%

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 Torkona?

■ Torkona · ■ Khandaghosh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.8%**

**77.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****957**

**960

Working population ****36.4%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.7% for men and 77.5% for women. 64% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 70 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 86 (17%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 208 (41%) · **■** Marginal 140 (28%)

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 Khandaghosh

- Kule1,579 people
- Alipur1,546 people
- Kapshit1,524 people
- Aradanga1,517 people
- Khundkuri1,389 people
- Telun1,383 people
- Muidhara1,376 people
- Sultanpur1,376 people

[All 111 villages in Khandaghosh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/khandaghosh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Torkona?1,400 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Torkona in?Barddhaman district (Khandaghosh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Torkona?84.8% (Census 2011)