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

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Turdag

Turdag is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **912 people in 177 households**, the 50th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 912people (2011)
- 177households
- 68.7%literacy
- 1,004females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Turdag

Of every 100 households in Turdag in 2011, 0 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Turdag · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**27%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****66%**

**39%

Television ****2%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**25%

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 Turdag?

■ Turdag · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.7%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1004**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1245**

**946

Working population ****54.4%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.3% for men and 54.7% for women. 56% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 85 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 158 (32%) · **■** Household industry 29 (6%) · **■** Other work 5 (1%) · **■** Marginal 219 (44%)

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

- Karmadi959 people
- Kansra936 people
- Bisiria919 people
- Durgi917 people
- Tanasi903 people
- Madhupur902 people
- Tanasi878 people
- Saramba871 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Turdag?912 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Turdag in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Turdag?68.7% (Census 2011)