# Tarangakhali Village, Sahid Matangini – Population & Literacy

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Village · Sahid Matangini, Purba Medinipur 

# Tarangakhali

Tarangakhali is a village in Sahid Matangini sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,729 people in 397 households**, the 45th largest of 81 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.8%.

- 1,729people (2011)
- 397households
- 80.0%literacy
- 994females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tarangakhali

Of every 100 households in Tarangakhali in 2011, 63 had electricity, 73 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Tarangakhali · ■ Sahid Matangini rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**68%

Toilet within the home ****73%**

**74%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**21%

Tap water ****11%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****62%**

**89%

Use banking services ****26%**

**38%

Television ****21%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****20%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Tarangakhali?

■ Tarangakhali · ■ Sahid Matangini rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.0%**

**86.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****994**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1141**

**955

Working population ****36.6%**

**36.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.8% for men and 71.0% for women. 63% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 100 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 134 (21%) · **■** Household industry 60 (9%) · **■** Other work 271 (43%) · **■** Marginal 68 (11%)

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 Sahid Matangini

- Khanda Gram1,913 people
- Agar1,911 people
- Bansda1,906 people
- Astara1,741 people
- Shahara1,684 people
- Guluria1,667 people
- Padampur1,664 people
- Akandi1,577 people

[All 86 villages in Sahid Matangini](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/sahid-matangini/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tarangakhali?1,729 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tarangakhali in?Purba Medinipur district (Sahid Matangini sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tarangakhali?80.0% (Census 2011)