# Taloan Village, Mayureswar - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mayureswar - I, Birbhum 

# Taloan

Taloan is a village in Mayureswar - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,409 people in 555 households**, the 20th largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 2,409people (2011)
- 555households
- 72.5%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Taloan

Of every 100 households in Taloan in 2011, 36 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Taloan · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**81%

Tap water ****18%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**17%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**92%

Use banking services ****98%**

**55%

Television ****22%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**0%

None of these assets ****37%**

**32%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

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 Taloan?

■ Taloan · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.5%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****933**

**975

Working population ****42.3%**

**40.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.7% for men and 65.3% for women. 59% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 233 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 415 (41%) · **■** Household industry 81 (8%) · **■** Other work 186 (18%) · **■** Marginal 103 (10%)

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 Mayureswar - I

- Bajitpur2,611 people
- Dakshin Gram2,589 people
- Ghoshgram2,540 people
- Gazipur2,479 people
- Bahina2,390 people
- Kanachi2,108 people
- Dwaruri2,069 people
- Kharasinpur2,042 people

[All 113 villages in Mayureswar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Taloan?2,409 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Taloan in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Taloan?72.5% (Census 2011)