Village · Ramnagar - II, Purba Medinipur
# Talkanpur

Talkanpur is a village in Ramnagar - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 919 people in 195 households, the 60th largest of 134 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.4%.
- 919 people (2011)
- 195 households
- 86.1% literacy
- 872 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Talkanpur

Of every 100 households in Talkanpur in 2011, 28 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Talkanpur · ■ Ramnagar - II rural average
- Electricity for lighting 28% 46%
- Toilet within the home 92% 91%
- No toilet (open defecation) 8% 8%
- Tap water 0% 18%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 4%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 0% 91%
- Use banking services 12% 45%
- Television 10% 20%
- Mobile phone 48% 51%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 5% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 36% 23%
- Own their home 94% 97%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Talkanpur?

■ Talkanpur · ■ Ramnagar - II rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 86.1% 89.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 872 942
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 707 981
- Working population 33.3% 36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.0% for men and 79.4% for women. 61% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Other work 4 (1%) · ■ Marginal 302 (99%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Ramnagar - II
- Jagadish Paschimbar 1,015 people
- Silampur 963 people
- Chata Padmapur 961 people
- Gobindapur 958 people
- Kismathiar 918 people
- Sonakania 879 people
- Dakshin Maithuna 866 people
- Katmundi 856 people

All 137 villages in Ramnagar - II

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Talkanpur? 919 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Talkanpur in? Purba Medinipur district (Ramnagar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Talkanpur? 86.1% (Census 2011)

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