# Tantan Village, Bagmundi, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Bagmundi, Puruliya 

# Tantan

Tantan is a village in Bagmundi sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **451 people in 90 households**, the 84th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 41.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 451people (2011)
- 90households
- 41.6%literacy
- 871females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tantan

Of every 100 households in Tantan in 2011, 0 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Tantan · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****58%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

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

**8%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****8%**

**30%

Television ****3%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Tantan?

■ Tantan · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****41.6%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****871**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****636**

**951

Working population ****37.5%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 50.5% for men and 31.7% for women. 56% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 35 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 47 (28%) · **■** Household industry 7 (4%) · **■** Other work 39 (23%) · **■** Marginal 41 (24%)

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 Bagmundi

- Gobindadi487 people
- Jhabri477 people
- Nishchintpur471 people
- Ushuldunri467 people
- Serengdi444 people
- Khirabera442 people
- Karihensa433 people
- Punia Shasan430 people

[All 142 villages in Bagmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/bagmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tantan?451 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tantan in?Puruliya district (Bagmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tantan?41.6% (Census 2011)