Village · Manbazar - II, Puruliya
# Tamakhun

Tamakhun is a village in Manbazar - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,098 people in 237 households, the 27th largest of 124 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.3%.
- 1,098 people (2011)
- 237 households
- 57.5% literacy
- 930 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tamakhun

Of every 100 households in Tamakhun in 2011, 25 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tamakhun · ■ Manbazar - II rural average
- Electricity for lighting 25% 28%
- Toilet within the home 3% 4%
- No toilet (open defecation) 97% 96%
- Tap water 0% 2%
- Drinking water within premises 10% 4%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 0%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 96%
- Use banking services 18% 20%
- Television 6% 6%
- Mobile phone 18% 22%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 6% 5%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 51% 26%
- Own their home 100% 98%

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

## What is the population of Tamakhun?

■ Tamakhun · ■ Manbazar - II rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 57.5% 60.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 930 985
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1032 949
- Working population 61.3% 53.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.6% for men and 42.2% for women. 61% of men and 62% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 3 (0%) · ■ Farm labourers 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 27 (4%) · ■ Marginal 642 (95%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Manbazar - II
- Panrra 1,145 people
- Baghabad 1,121 people
- Tilabani 1,115 people
- Pitidiri 1,107 people
- Bargorya 1,096 people
- Penchara 1,083 people
- Jagda 1,066 people
- Barkadam 1,059 people

All 136 villages in Manbazar - II

## Other places named Tamakhun
- Tamakhun · Village, Ranibundh, Bankura · 603 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Tamakhun? 1,098 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tamakhun in? Puruliya district (Manbazar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tamakhun? 57.5% (Census 2011)

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