# Turangdih Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Turangdih

Turangdih is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **214 people in 36 households**, the 182nd largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 214people (2011)
- 36households
- 65.2%literacy
- 1,058females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Turangdih

Of every 100 households in Turangdih in 2011, 36 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 27 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Turangdih · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**22%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**5%

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

**0%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****21%**

**41%

Television ****3%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****27%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****0%**

**18%

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 Turangdih?

■ Turangdih · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.2%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1058**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****737**

**957

Working population ****55.1%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.8% for men and 53.1% for women. 52% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 70 (59%) · **■** Farm labourers 27 (23%) · **■** Other work 9 (8%) · **■** Marginal 12 (10%)

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 Barabazar

- Lagadih245 people
- Pratappur229 people
- Raghunathdih219 people
- Gabhurra217 people
- Jharnakocha208 people
- Dumurdih200 people
- Saremacha179 people
- Tilabani174 people

[All 215 villages in Barabazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/barabazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Turangdih?214 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Turangdih in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Turangdih?65.2% (Census 2011)