# Turturi Khanda Village, Kumargram, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumargram, Jalpaiguri 

# Turturi Khanda

Turturi Khanda is a village in Kumargram sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,844 people in 596 households**, the 29th largest of 53 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.8%.

- 2,844people (2011)
- 596households
- 60.4%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Turturi Khanda

Of every 100 households in Turturi Khanda in 2011, 30 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Turturi Khanda · ■ Kumargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**58%

Tap water ****43%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**49%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****29%**

**22%

Television ****17%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****45%**

**29%

Own their home ****94%**

**82%

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 Khanda?

■ Turturi Khanda · ■ Kumargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.4%**

**69.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****973**

**947

Working population ****32.4%**

**40.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.1% for men and 53.3% for women. 48% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 255 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 88 (10%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 164 (18%) · **■** Marginal 412 (45%)

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 Kumargram

- Paschim Chengmari3,110 people
- Narakhata3,036 people
- Tuturi Tea Garden2,882 people
- Pakriguri2,857 people
- Purbba Salbari2,818 people
- Uttar Haldibari2,810 people
- Chunia Jhora Tea Garden2,772 people
- Baruipara2,548 people

[All 53 villages in Kumargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/kumargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Turturi Khanda?2,844 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Turturi Khanda in?Jalpaiguri district (Kumargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Turturi Khanda?60.4% (Census 2011)