# Talajuri Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Talajuri

Talajuri is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,305 people in 542 households**, the 13th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 2,305people (2011)
- 542households
- 74.2%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Talajuri

Of every 100 households in Talajuri in 2011, 30 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Talajuri · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

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

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****68%**

**84%

Use banking services ****50%**

**50%

Television ****16%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****46%**

**21%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Talajuri?

■ Talajuri · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.2%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****862**

**937

Working population ****32.7%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.3% for men and 62.9% for women. 56% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 71 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 98 (13%) · **■** Household industry 59 (8%) · **■** Other work 257 (34%) · **■** Marginal 269 (36%)

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 Kashipur

- Simla2,530 people
- Ranganidi2,520 people
- Kashipur2,369 people
- Manpura2,338 people
- Gourangadih2,246 people
- Mehi2,240 people
- Kalidaha2,110 people
- Makhyada2,086 people

[All 209 villages in Kashipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/kashipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Talajuri?2,305 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Talajuri in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Talajuri?74.2% (Census 2011)