# Torang Village, Jhalda - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Torang

Torang is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **620 people in 129 households**, the 82nd largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 620people (2011)
- 129households
- 79.5%literacy
- 896females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Torang

Of every 100 households in Torang in 2011, 47 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Torang · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**93%

Tap water ****7%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****46%**

**90%

Use banking services ****13%**

**39%

Television ****7%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**25%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Torang?

■ Torang · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.5%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****896**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****898**

**946

Working population ****32.1%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.6% for men and 67.1% for women. 41% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 7 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (2%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 11 (6%) · **■** Marginal 177 (89%)

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 Jhalda - I

- Paprahurum689 people
- Uhatu660 people
- Bandi Alias Jagannathdi653 people
- Chhoto Ganja622 people
- Putidi619 people
- Gosaindi618 people
- Patub611 people
- Chamardag607 people

[All 142 villages in Jhalda - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Torang?620 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Torang in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Torang?79.5% (Census 2011)