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

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Village · Bagmundi, Puruliya 

# Tarang

Tarang is a village in Bagmundi sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,597 people in 306 households**, the 31st largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 1,597people (2011)
- 306households
- 63.8%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tarang

Of every 100 households in Tarang in 2011, 15 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tarang · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**91%

Tap water ****2%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**97%

Use banking services ****20%**

**30%

Television ****11%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**27%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Tarang?

■ Tarang · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.8%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1170**

**951

Working population ****57.7%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.9% for men and 44.8% for women. 57% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 176 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 220 (24%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 106 (11%) · **■** Marginal 416 (45%)

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

- Sopa1,674 people
- Ajodhya1,648 people
- Parsa1,614 people
- Patardi1,609 people
- Ekra1,575 people
- Pagrodi1,574 people
- Sirkadi1,519 people
- Patahesal1,499 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tarang?1,597 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tarang in?Puruliya district (Bagmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tarang?63.8% (Census 2011)