# Tarua Village, Narayangarh, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Narayangarh, Paschim Medinipur 

# Tarua

Tarua is a village in Narayangarh sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,215 people in 285 households**, the 66th largest of 466 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 1,215people (2011)
- 285households
- 78.7%literacy
- 895females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tarua

Of every 100 households in Tarua in 2011, 25 had electricity, 60 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tarua · ■ Narayangarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****60%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****40%**

**44%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**96%

Use banking services ****69%**

**61%

Television ****10%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**17%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Tarua?

■ Tarua · ■ Narayangarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.7%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****895**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****900**

**942

Working population ****29.5%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.9% for men and 69.5% for women. 54% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 239 (67%) · **■** Farm labourers 30 (8%) · **■** Other work 25 (7%) · **■** Marginal 64 (18%)

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 Narayangarh

- Khalina1,226 people
- Khatnagar1,226 people
- Mahammadpur1,225 people
- Tutranga1,225 people
- Sanyapara1,189 people
- Kanthaliya1,178 people
- Aharmunda1,172 people
- Shuja Nagar1,169 people

[All 516 villages in Narayangarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/narayangarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tarua?1,215 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tarua in?Paschim Medinipur district (Narayangarh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tarua?78.7% (Census 2011)