# Tantipara Village, Rajnagar, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Rajnagar, Birbhum 

# Tantipara

Tantipara is a village in Rajnagar sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **6,227 people in 1,488 households**, the 1st largest of 88 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.1%.

- 6,227people (2011)
- 1,488households
- 80.2%literacy
- 954females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tantipara

Of every 100 households in Tantipara in 2011, 65 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tantipara · ■ Rajnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****65%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**88%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

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

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****33%**

**80%

Use banking services ****55%**

**34%

Television ****43%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****19%**

**23%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Tantipara?

■ Tantipara · ■ Rajnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.2%**

**67.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****954**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****955**

**952

Working population ****50.5%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.7% for men and 72.4% for women. 62% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 144 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 321 (10%) · **■** Household industry 630 (20%) · **■** Other work 1,149 (37%) · **■** Marginal 899 (29%)

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 Rajnagar

- Chandrapur2,012 people
- Gangmuri1,853 people
- Shankarpur1,733 people
- Tabadumra1,685 people

[All 98 villages in Rajnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/rajnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tantipara?6,227 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tantipara in?Birbhum district (Rajnagar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tantipara?80.2% (Census 2011)