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

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Tilagara

Tilagara is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **362 people in 61 households**, the 95th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 362people (2011)
- 61households
- 64.3%literacy
- 1,011females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tilagara

Of every 100 households in Tilagara in 2011, 27 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tilagara · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**7%

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

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**8%

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

**3%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****27%**

**44%

Television ****2%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**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 Tilagara?

■ Tilagara · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.3%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1011**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****727**

**934

Working population ****59.4%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.0% for men and 44.9% for women. 57% of men and 62% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 35 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 32 (15%) · **■** Marginal 146 (68%)

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

- Petadi419 people
- Lusabera416 people
- Chituara408 people
- Ranipur396 people
- Kalidasdi352 people
- Koldi346 people
- Bhursa341 people
- Gosaindi316 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tilagara?362 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tilagara in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tilagara?64.3% (Census 2011)