# Tahalia Village, Egra - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Tahalia

Tahalia is a village in Egra - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **944 people in 186 households**, the 54th largest of 123 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 82.8%.

- 944people (2011)
- 186households
- 87.8%literacy
- 919females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tahalia

Of every 100 households in Tahalia in 2011, 66 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tahalia · ■ Egra - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**10%

Tap water ****8%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****76%**

**40%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****61%**

**37%

Television ****26%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****26%**

**26%

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 Tahalia?

■ Tahalia · ■ Egra - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.8%**

**82.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****919**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****770**

**926

Working population ****32.9%**

**43.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.5% for men and 81.7% for women. 55% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 144 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 18 (6%) · **■** Marginal 147 (47%)

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 Egra - I

- Rayda1,001 people
- Telami969 people
- Hansaria945 people
- Nehalia944 people
- Dhusarda940 people
- Aruyan934 people
- Kain Thor911 people
- Amedpur903 people

[All 133 villages in Egra - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tahalia?944 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tahalia in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tahalia?87.8% (Census 2011)