# Tongtala Village, Sandeshkhali - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Sandeshkhali - II, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Tongtala

Tongtala is a village in Sandeshkhali - II sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,759 people in 421 households**, the 24th largest of 24 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.0%.

- 1,759people (2011)
- 421households
- 79.8%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tongtala

Of every 100 households in Tongtala in 2011, 12 had electricity, 61 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tongtala · ■ Sandeshkhali - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**8%

Toilet within the home ****61%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****38%**

**41%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**12%

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

**0%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****17%**

**33%

Television ****8%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**1%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****50%**

**58%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Tongtala?

■ Tongtala · ■ Sandeshkhali - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.8%**

**71.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**965

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****915**

**997

Working population ****48.8%**

**38.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.9% for men and 69.2% for women. 62% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 99 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 164 (19%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 30 (3%) · **■** Marginal 565 (66%)

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 Sandeshkhali - II

- Gabbaria3,841 people
- Bouthakurani2,840 people
- Dhamakhali2,807 people
- Dholkhali2,556 people

[All 24 villages in Sandeshkhali - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/sandeshkhali-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tongtala?1,759 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tongtala in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Sandeshkhali - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tongtala?79.8% (Census 2011)