# Targhera Village, Mal, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Mal, Jalpaiguri 

# Targhera

Targhera is a village in Mal sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **936 people in 203 households**, the 83rd largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 936people (2011)
- 203households
- 64.4%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Targhera

Of every 100 households in Targhera in 2011, 36 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Targhera · ■ Mal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**36%

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

**29%

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

**70%

Tap water ****6%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****59%**

**37%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**95%

Use banking services ****66%**

**29%

Television ****17%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**33%

Own their home ****88%**

**62%

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 Targhera?

■ Targhera · ■ Mal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.4%**

**65.4%

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

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****753**

**970

Working population ****37.6%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.4% for men and 57.5% for women. 50% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 5 (1%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 108 (31%) · **■** Marginal 236 (67%)

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 Mal

- Saogaon981 people
- Malnadi Tea Garden965 people
- Chikanmati962 people
- Haihai Pathar Tea Garden II953 people
- Purbba Mauamari868 people
- Uttar Chengmari844 people
- Golabari776 people
- Hanskhali714 people

[All 103 villages in Mal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/mal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Targhera?936 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Targhera in?Jalpaiguri district (Mal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Targhera?64.4% (Census 2011)