# Taragere Village, Nanda Kumar, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Nanda Kumar, Purba Medinipur 

# Taragere

Taragere is a village in Nanda Kumar sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,062 people in 247 households**, the 78th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 85.6%.

- 1,062people (2011)
- 247households
- 90.1%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Taragere

Of every 100 households in Taragere in 2011, 57 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Taragere · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****26%**

**17%

Tap water ****78%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**89%

Use banking services ****45%**

**39%

Television ****40%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**34%

Own their home ****95%**

**95%

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 Taragere?

■ Taragere · ■ Nanda Kumar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.1%**

**85.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1061**

**940

Working population ****32.7%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.8% for men and 85.0% for women. 56% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 3 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (3%) · **■** Household industry 24 (7%) · **■** Other work 125 (36%) · **■** Marginal 185 (53%)

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 Nanda Kumar

- Pandabbasan1,098 people
- Bagmari1,096 people
- Kandalda1,095 people
- Radhanagar Chak1,090 people
- Paramanandapur1,037 people
- Bengimuda1,014 people
- Piyaj Berya988 people
- Nachhipur985 people

[All 101 villages in Nanda Kumar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/nanda-kumar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Taragere?1,062 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Taragere in?Purba Medinipur district (Nanda Kumar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Taragere?90.1% (Census 2011)