# Taldanga, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Taldanga

Taldanga is a village in [Jhargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jhargram/) sub-district of [Paschim Medinipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **131 people in 31 households**, the 359th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 131people (2011)
- 31households
- 56.5%literacy
- 1,015females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Taldanga

Of every 100 households in Taldanga in 2011, 68 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Taldanga · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****68%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**30%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****0%**

**34%

Television ****0%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**17%

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 Taldanga?

■ Taldanga · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.5%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1015**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****600**

**979

Working population ****55.7%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.1% for men and 45.0% for women. 60% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 41 (56%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (8%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 25 (34%)

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 Jhargram

- Pheko137 people
- Modaband136 people
- Jhunjisol135 people
- Debi133 people
- Antapati130 people
- Kusuk Danga128 people
- Nohajalia127 people
- Bara Bhaudi126 people

[All 604 villages in Jhargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jhargram/villages/)

## Other places named Taldanga

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- Taldanga · Village, Diamond Harbour - I, South Twenty Four Parganas · 560 people
- Taldanga · Village, Garbeta - II, Paschim Medinipur · 410 people
- Taldanga · Village, Bankura - II, Bankura · 286 people

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Taldanga?131 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Taldanga in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Taldanga?56.5% (Census 2011)