# Tasarkata Village, Suri - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Suri - I, Birbhum 

# Tasarkata

Tasarkata is a village in Suri - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,205 people in 225 households**, the 27th largest of 104 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.2%.

- 1,205people (2011)
- 225households
- 68.6%literacy
- 1,099females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tasarkata

Of every 100 households in Tasarkata in 2011, 24 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tasarkata · ■ Suri - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**74%

Tap water ****49%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**16%

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

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**70%

Use banking services ****34%**

**56%

Television ****15%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**94%

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 Tasarkata?

■ Tasarkata · ■ Suri - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.6%**

**71.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1099**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**966

Working population ****29.9%**

**39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.8% for men and 62.2% for women. 49% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 15 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 282 (78%) · **■** Marginal 61 (17%)

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 Suri - I

- Changuria1,484 people
- Gobindapur1,383 people
- Nahudari1,373 people
- Lakshmondarpur1,354 people
- Bhandirban1,168 people
- Bara Alunda1,101 people
- Amritpur1,051 people
- Muramath1,028 people

[All 112 villages in Suri - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/suri-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tasarkata?1,205 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tasarkata in?Birbhum district (Suri - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tasarkata?68.6% (Census 2011)