# Tegharia Village, Barasat - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Barasat - II, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Tegharia

Tegharia is a village in Barasat - II sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,833 people in 813 households**, the 12th largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.1%.

- 3,833people (2011)
- 813households
- 81.6%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tegharia

Of every 100 households in Tegharia in 2011, 62 had electricity, 81 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Tegharia · ■ Barasat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****81%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****19%**

**16%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****55%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**91%

Use banking services ****45%**

**40%

Television ****23%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****28%**

**22%

Own their home ****96%**

**95%

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 Tegharia?

■ Tegharia · ■ Barasat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.6%**

**78.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**923

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1113**

**952

Working population ****30.1%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.2% for men and 80.0% for women. 55% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 181 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 301 (26%) · **■** Household industry 20 (2%) · **■** Other work 530 (46%) · **■** Marginal 123 (11%)

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 Barasat - II

- Kayemba4,687 people
- Puturi4,536 people
- Jojra4,052 people
- Krishnamati3,910 people
- Malrameswarpur3,711 people
- Khamar Nowabad3,600 people
- Gobindapur3,416 people
- Baidyapur3,409 people

[All 77 villages in Barasat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/barasat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tegharia?3,833 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tegharia in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Barasat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tegharia?81.6% (Census 2011)