# Tasgan Village, Bundwan, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Bundwan, Puruliya 

# Tasgan

Tasgan is a village in Bundwan sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **612 people in 134 households**, the 58th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.2%.

- 612people (2011)
- 134households
- 68.0%literacy
- 1,061females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tasgan

Of every 100 households in Tasgan in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Tasgan · ■ Bundwan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

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

**4%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**97%

Use banking services ****6%**

**20%

Television ****1%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**19%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Tasgan?

■ Tasgan · ■ Bundwan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.0%**

**60.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1061**

**990

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1143**

**957

Working population ****58.5%**

**51.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.9% for men and 50.9% for women. 62% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 84 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 37 (10%) · **■** Household industry 228 (64%) · **■** Other work 9 (3%)

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 Bundwan

- Bara Parasia648 people
- Kumirdih646 people
- Liki636 people
- Kumra631 people
- Ghoratika595 people
- Patkita590 people
- Laupal588 people
- Shamnagar576 people

[All 134 villages in Bundwan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/bundwan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tasgan?612 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tasgan in?Puruliya district (Bundwan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tasgan?68.0% (Census 2011)