# Tushkhali Village, Sandeshkhali - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Sandeshkhali - II, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Tushkhali

Tushkhali is a village in Sandeshkhali - II sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **9,645 people in 2,217 households**, the 4th largest of 24 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.0%.

- 9,645people (2011)
- 2,217households
- 67.4%literacy
- 987females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tushkhali

Of every 100 households in Tushkhali in 2011, 4 had electricity, 61 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Tushkhali · ■ Sandeshkhali - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**8%

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

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****37%**

**41%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**12%

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

**0%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****13%**

**33%

Television ****2%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**1%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****66%**

**58%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Tushkhali?

■ Tushkhali · ■ Sandeshkhali - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.4%**

**71.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****987**

**965

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1055**

**997

Working population ****36.9%**

**38.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.2% for men and 58.3% for women. 58% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 375 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,256 (35%) · **■** Household industry 18 (1%) · **■** Other work 810 (23%) · **■** Marginal 1,098 (31%)

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

- Bermajur13,136 people
- Dwarir Jangle11,155 people
- Jeliakhali Pashchim Khanda10,193 people
- Durgamandap8,932 people
- Rampur8,612 people
- Manipur8,152 people
- Jhupkhali7,908 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 Tushkhali?9,645 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tushkhali in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Sandeshkhali - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tushkhali?67.4% (Census 2011)