# Turturi Village, Alipurduar - II, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Alipurduar - II, Jalpaiguri 

# Turturi

Turturi is a village in Alipurduar - II sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,057 people in 474 households**, the 49th largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.3%.

- 2,057people (2011)
- 474households
- 66.3%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Turturi

Of every 100 households in Turturi in 2011, 11 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Turturi · ■ Alipurduar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**54%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**45%

Tap water ****4%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**72%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**95%

Use banking services ****16%**

**25%

Television ****9%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**33%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Turturi?

■ Turturi · ■ Alipurduar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.3%**

**75.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****876**

**939

Working population ****43.9%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.9% for men and 59.3% for women. 59% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 122 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 137 (15%) · **■** Household industry 14 (2%) · **■** Other work 144 (16%) · **■** Marginal 487 (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 Alipurduar - II

- Purba Barachouki2,118 people
- Paschim Khalishamari2,111 people
- Brajerkuthi2,107 people
- Saudpara2,079 people
- Putimari2,040 people
- Bakla2,004 people
- Purba Khalishamari1,982 people
- Mahakalguri1,917 people

[All 78 villages in Alipurduar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/alipurduar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Turturi?2,057 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Turturi in?Jalpaiguri district (Alipurduar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Turturi?66.3% (Census 2011)