# Tanga Village, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Tanga

Tanga is a village in Jhargram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,036 people in 246 households**, the 18th largest of 489 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 1,036people (2011)
- 246households
- 73.3%literacy
- 966females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tanga

Of every 100 households in Tanga in 2011, 29 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tanga · ■ Jhargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**86%

Tap water ****17%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**30%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****14%**

**34%

Television ****9%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**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 Tanga?

■ Tanga · ■ Jhargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.3%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****966**

**979

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****882**

**979

Working population ****33.3%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.1% for men and 64.2% for women. 54% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 27 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 281 (81%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 27 (8%) · **■** Marginal 9 (3%)

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

- Gobindapur1,133 people
- Lodha Suli1,102 people
- Amdiha1,085 people
- Dalkati1,061 people
- Pindkhara1,024 people
- Marai Khunti983 people
- Ramchandrapur966 people
- Bamun Mura962 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tanga?1,036 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tanga in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jhargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tanga?73.3% (Census 2011)