# Talda Village, Contai - III, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Talda

Talda is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,334 people in 285 households**, the 29th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 1,334people (2011)
- 285households
- 92.2%literacy
- 928females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Talda

Of every 100 households in Talda in 2011, 51 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Talda · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**92%

Use banking services ****73%**

**42%

Television ****15%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**27%

Own their home ****96%**

**94%

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 Talda?

■ Talda · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.2%**

**89.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****653**

**948

Working population ****43.5%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.6% for men and 88.8% for women. 62% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 33 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 102 (18%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 197 (34%) · **■** Marginal 243 (42%)

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 Contai - III

- Bahitkunda1,437 people
- Parihara1,378 people
- Sillibari1,376 people
- Harina Pashdal Bar1,351 people
- Gangadhar Chak1,320 people
- Uttar Rania1,308 people
- Jamuashankarpur1,306 people
- Mashagan1,266 people

[All 166 villages in Contai - III](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-iii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Talda?1,334 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Talda in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Talda?92.2% (Census 2011)