# Talkola Village, Bongaon – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Talkola

Talkola is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **686 people in 163 households**, the 143rd largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 686people (2011)
- 163households
- 79.3%literacy
- 864females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Talkola

Of every 100 households in Talkola in 2011, 25 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Talkola · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**19%

Tap water ****2%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****94%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**5%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****10%**

**38%

Television ****10%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****36%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Talkola?

■ Talkola · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.3%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****864**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****581**

**962

Working population ****34.7%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.3% for men and 73.7% for women. 62% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 78 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 152 (64%) · **■** Household industry 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 1 (0%) · **■** Marginal 3 (1%)

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 Bongaon

- Magurkhali719 people
- Asurhat716 people
- Joka692 people
- Berkrishnapur690 people
- Kaikhali569 people
- Pathantala535 people
- Dakshin Kulbaria439 people
- Saili399 people

[All 150 villages in Bongaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bongaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Talkola?686 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Talkola in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Talkola?79.3% (Census 2011)