# Taraganja Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Taraganja

Taraganja is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **673 people in 170 households**, the 124th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 673people (2011)
- 170households
- 79.3%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Taraganja

Of every 100 households in Taraganja in 2011, 70 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Taraganja · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**38%

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

**33%

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

**65%

Tap water ****3%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**47%

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

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****34%**

**41%

Television ****18%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****32%**

**26%

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 Taraganja?

■ Taraganja · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.3%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1519**

**965

Working population ****55.9%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.2% for men and 70.9% for women. 66% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 61 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 219 (58%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 29 (8%) · **■** Marginal 66 (18%)

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 Balurghat

- Chak Manipur695 people
- Kasilabati694 people
- Akhira681 people
- Paschim Mashespur681 people
- Chak Ghatak667 people
- Belain661 people
- Baniakuri658 people
- Khashpur638 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Taraganja?673 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Taraganja in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Taraganja?79.3% (Census 2011)