# Tangida Village, Purulia - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Tangida

Tangida is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **753 people in 137 households**, the 68th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 753people (2011)
- 137households
- 77.8%literacy
- 976females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tangida

Of every 100 households in Tangida in 2011, 32 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tangida · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**92%

Tap water ****20%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**8%

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

**3%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****9%**

**44%

Television ****23%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****1%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Tangida?

■ Tangida · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.8%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****976**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****773**

**934

Working population ****56.8%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.6% for men and 67.3% for women. 55% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 167 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (2%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 6 (1%) · **■** Marginal 247 (58%)

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 Purulia - I

- Gurpa821 people
- Sidpur818 people
- Sundradi801 people
- Balia Pathar798 people
- Kantasiari750 people
- Matkumdi745 people
- Phatepur736 people
- Ralibari735 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tangida?753 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tangida in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tangida?77.8% (Census 2011)