# Taranipur Village, Bongaon – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Taranipur

Taranipur is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,177 people in 311 households**, the 116th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 94.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 1,177people (2011)
- 311households
- 94.2%literacy
- 892females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Taranipur

Of every 100 households in Taranipur in 2011, 61 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Taranipur · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**56%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**92%

Use banking services ****2%**

**38%

Television ****37%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****6%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Taranipur?

■ Taranipur · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****94.2%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****892**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1043**

**962

Working population ****48.3%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.9% for men and 91.1% for women. 61% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 125 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 176 (31%) · **■** Household industry 18 (3%) · **■** Other work 131 (23%) · **■** Marginal 118 (21%)

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

- Ganeshpur1,256 people
- Briddhapalla1,255 people
- Monaharpur1,222 people
- Chithalia1,198 people
- Purbba Ramchandrapur1,149 people
- Ramshankarpur1,136 people
- Shialdanga1,130 people
- Bediapota1,127 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 Taranipur?1,177 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Taranipur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Taranipur?94.2% (Census 2011)