# Tandu Village, Nagrakata, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Nagrakata, Jalpaiguri 

# Tandu

Tandu is a village in Nagrakata sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **298 people in 63 households**, the 32nd largest of 33 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 61.3%.

- 298people (2011)
- 63households
- 50.0%literacy
- 840females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tandu

Of every 100 households in Tandu in 2011, 21 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 3 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tandu · ■ Nagrakata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**77%

Tap water ****2%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**27%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****0%**

**34%

Television ****3%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****3%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****53%**

**45%

Own their home ****100%**

**58%

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 Tandu?

■ Tandu · ■ Nagrakata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.0%**

**61.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****840**

**986

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****750**

**970

Working population ****28.9%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 47.1% for men and 53.4% for women. 52% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 43 (50%) · **■** Other work 2 (2%) · **■** Marginal 41 (48%)

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 Nagrakata

- Upper Tendu Forest1,384 people
- Upar Kalabari1,354 people
- Tandu Tea Garden1,173 people
- Nagrakata356 people
- Deana Forest28 people

[All 34 villages in Nagrakata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/nagrakata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tandu?298 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tandu in?Jalpaiguri district (Nagrakata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tandu?50.0% (Census 2011)