# Talkui Village, Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur 

# Talkui

Talkui is a village in Midnapore sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,585 people in 361 households**, the 36th largest of 232 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 1,585people (2011)
- 361households
- 89.5%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Talkui

Of every 100 households in Talkui in 2011, 76 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 31 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 26 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Talkui · ■ Midnapore rural average

Electricity for lighting ****76%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**68%

Tap water ****87%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****31%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****56%**

**90%

Use banking services ****58%**

**32%

Television ****53%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****26%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**25%

Own their home ****94%**

**97%

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 Talkui?

■ Talkui · ■ Midnapore rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.5%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****869**

**968

Working population ****35.1%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.8% for men and 86.0% for women. 56% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 27 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (1%) · **■** Household industry 23 (4%) · **■** Other work 417 (75%) · **■** Marginal 82 (15%)

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 Midnapore

- Bajpara1,697 people
- Delua1,672 people
- Raghunathpur1,649 people
- Gurgurapal1,589 people
- Mahatapnagar1,504 people
- Ramchandrapur1,470 people
- Shankati1,353 people
- Balaban Dighi1,342 people

[All 271 villages in Midnapore](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/midnapore/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Talkui?1,585 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Talkui in?Paschim Medinipur district (Midnapore sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Talkui?89.5% (Census 2011)