# Turang Village, Manbazar - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Manbazar - I, Puruliya 

# Turang

Turang is a village in Manbazar - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,637 people in 343 households**, the 22nd largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.6%.

- 1,637people (2011)
- 343households
- 49.9%literacy
- 1,239females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Turang

Of every 100 households in Turang in 2011, 54 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Turang · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**95%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****30%**

**31%

Television ****3%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**29%

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 Turang?

■ Turang · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.9%**

**62.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1239**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1146**

**939

Working population ****50.1%**

**49.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.7% for men and 35.8% for women. 49% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 111 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 61 (7%) · **■** Other work 44 (5%) · **■** Marginal 604 (74%)

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 Manbazar - I

- Jamgoria1,736 people
- Mahara1,678 people
- Payrachali1,668 people
- Bisri1,660 people
- Kadma1,547 people
- Baludihi1,499 people
- Hatilada Gurtupa1,485 people
- Sindurpur1,476 people

[All 243 villages in Manbazar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/manbazar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Turang?1,637 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Turang in?Puruliya district (Manbazar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Turang?49.9% (Census 2011)