# Talanda Village, Falta – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Falta, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Talanda

Talanda is a village in Falta sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,538 people in 803 households**, the 12th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.

- 3,538people (2011)
- 803households
- 75.1%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Talanda

Of every 100 households in Talanda in 2011, 25 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Talanda · ■ Falta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****58%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**2%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**91%

Use banking services ****29%**

**37%

Television ****12%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****49%**

**37%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Talanda?

■ Talanda · ■ Falta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.1%**

**76.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****962**

**965

Working population ****32.5%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.0% for men and 68.8% for women. 58% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 50 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 52 (5%) · **■** Household industry 142 (12%) · **■** Other work 602 (52%) · **■** Marginal 304 (26%)

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 Falta

- Ishwaripur4,127 people
- Mamudpur4,037 people
- Chak Dhanumandal Krishnarambasu4,011 people
- Debipur3,803 people
- Nilambarpur3,122 people
- Kasirampur3,087 people
- Keyat Khanda3,081 people
- Mulpunja3,052 people

[All 129 villages in Falta](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/falta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Talanda?3,538 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Talanda in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Falta sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Talanda?75.1% (Census 2011)