# Tangasol Village, Kharagpur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kharagpur - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Tangasol

Tangasol is a village in Kharagpur - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,508 people in 140 households**, the 24th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 1,508people (2011)
- 140households
- 88.4%literacy
- 230females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tangasol

Of every 100 households in Tangasol in 2011, 90 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Tangasol · ■ Kharagpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**34%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**41%

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

**9%

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

**83%

Use banking services ****24%**

**46%

Television ****15%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**15%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****6%**

**15%

Own their home ****100%**

**95%

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 Tangasol?

■ Tangasol · ■ Kharagpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.4%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****230**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****895**

**971

Working population ****86.3%**

**40.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.4% for men and 54.8% for women. 92% of men and 62% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 68 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 29 (2%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 1,038 (80%) · **■** Marginal 165 (13%)

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 Kharagpur - I

- Ghol Gharia1,872 people
- Shalika1,651 people
- Hariatara1,598 people
- Japhala1,531 people
- Ghagra1,489 people
- Safiabad1,460 people
- Pratappur1,446 people
- Maheshpur1,417 people

[All 268 villages in Kharagpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/kharagpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tangasol?1,508 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tangasol in?Paschim Medinipur district (Kharagpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tangasol?88.4% (Census 2011)