Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya
# Tigra

Tigra is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,771 people in 356 households, the 22nd largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.
- 1,771 people (2011)
- 356 households
- 53.7% literacy
- 950 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tigra

Of every 100 households in Tigra in 2011, 40 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 2 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Tigra · ■ Jhalda - II rural average
- Electricity for lighting 40% 21%
- Toilet within the home 0% 3%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 96%
- Tap water 15% 8%
- Drinking water within premises 6% 8%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 80%
- Use banking services 28% 30%
- Television 2% 6%
- Mobile phone 2% 16%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 0% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 0%
- None of these assets 53% 35%
- Own their home 99% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Tigra?

■ Tigra · ■ Jhalda - II rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 53.7% 54.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 950 964
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 921 973
- Working population 48.4% 45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.7% for men and 31.7% for women. 49% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 70 (8%) · ■ Farm labourers 34 (4%) · ■ Household industry 169 (20%) · ■ Other work 19 (2%) · ■ Marginal 566 (66%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Jhalda - II
- Adardi 1,980 people
- Mohanpur 1,875 people
- Oldi 1,797 people
- Chitarpur Alias Kokarkhap 1,779 people
- Bara Hankol 1,747 people
- Bara Metyala 1,724 people
- Murulahar 1,694 people
- Nawahatu 1,625 people

All 129 villages in Jhalda - II

## Other places named Tigra
- Tigra · Village, Ratu, Ranchi · 4,713 people
- Tigra · Village, Nanpara, Bahraich · 3,431 people
- Tigra · Village, Narnaul, Mahendragarh · 2,924 people
- Tigra · Village, Lohardaga, Lohardaga · 2,458 people
- Tigra · Village, Jagadhri, Yamunanagar · 1,711 people
- Tigra · Village, Albert Ekka, Gumla · 1,242 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Tigra? 1,771 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tigra in? Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tigra? 53.7% (Census 2011)

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