# Tungur Village, Pingla, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Tungur

Tungur is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,835 people in 715 households**, the 15th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 2,835people (2011)
- 715households
- 66.5%literacy
- 995females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tungur

Of every 100 households in Tungur in 2011, 32 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Tungur · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**32%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****77%**

**60%

Television ****15%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****43%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Tungur?

■ Tungur · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.5%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****995**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1054**

**942

Working population ****59.0%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.8% for men and 57.1% for women. 64% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 386 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 503 (30%) · **■** Household industry 22 (1%) · **■** Other work 101 (6%) · **■** Marginal 662 (40%)

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 Pingla

- Jamna3,336 people
- Barisha3,302 people
- Karkai3,113 people
- Ragpur3,041 people
- Kalika Kundu2,669 people
- Sut Chhara2,468 people
- Jan Hat2,335 people
- Mirupur2,309 people

[All 182 villages in Pingla](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/pingla/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tungur?2,835 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tungur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tungur?66.5% (Census 2011)