# Tegharia Village, Gaighata – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Tegharia

Tegharia is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,920 people in 471 households**, the 60th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 1,920people (2011)
- 471households
- 80.9%literacy
- 932females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tegharia

Of every 100 households in Tegharia in 2011, 66 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Tegharia · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**95%

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

**3%

Tap water ****3%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**6%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****62%**

**47%

Television ****27%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****22%**

**17%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Tegharia?

■ Tegharia · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.9%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****897**

**965

Working population ****31.9%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.1% for men and 76.4% for women. 55% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 127 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 291 (47%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 181 (30%) · **■** Marginal 6 (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 Gaighata

- Jhikra1,968 people
- Amankandia1,965 people
- Chaugachha1,923 people
- Jamdani1,923 people
- Pipli1,808 people
- Natgram1,742 people
- Ghonja1,724 people
- Naigachhi1,720 people

[All 100 villages in Gaighata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/gaighata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tegharia?1,920 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tegharia in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tegharia?80.9% (Census 2011)