# Taragun Village, Chinsurah - Magra, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Chinsurah - Magra, Hugli 

# Taragun

Taragun is a village in Chinsurah - Magra sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,335 people in 332 households**, the 27th largest of 52 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 82.1%.

- 1,335people (2011)
- 332households
- 79.0%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Taragun

Of every 100 households in Taragun in 2011, 69 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Taragun · ■ Chinsurah - Magra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****69%**

**76%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**74%

No toilet (open defecation) ****60%**

**25%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**28%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**51%

Use banking services ****90%**

**53%

Television ****37%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**16%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****15%**

**13%

Own their home ****99%**

**89%

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 Taragun?

■ Taragun · ■ Chinsurah - Magra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.0%**

**82.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****940**

**953

Working population ****45.5%**

**40.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.9% for men and 72.7% for women. 64% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 89 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 77 (13%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 110 (18%) · **■** Marginal 330 (54%)

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 Chinsurah - Magra

- Jatrasudi1,411 people
- Naksa1,374 people
- Talandu1,366 people
- Rajarambati1,359 people
- Chinchurah1,294 people
- Madhupur1,270 people
- Fatepur1,245 people
- Tegharia1,168 people

[All 52 villages in Chinsurah - Magra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/chinsurah-magra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Taragun?1,335 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Taragun in?Hugli district (Chinsurah - Magra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Taragun?79.0% (Census 2011)