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

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Village · Falta, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Taragadi

Taragadi is a village in Falta sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **166 people in 42 households**, the 126th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.

- 166people (2011)
- 42households
- 71.4%literacy
- 976females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Taragadi

Of every 100 households in Taragadi in 2011, 55 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Taragadi · ■ Falta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****55%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**2%

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

**6%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****14%**

**37%

Television ****17%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****50%**

**37%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Taragadi?

■ Taragadi · ■ Falta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.4%**

**76.5%

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

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1111**

**965

Working population ****39.2%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.0% for men and 70.8% for women. 69% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 4 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 47 (72%) · **■** Other work 9 (14%) · **■** Marginal 5 (8%)

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

- Jangalia414 people
- Paschim Daulatpur364 people
- Jhumnia321 people
- Sri Dharat173 people
- Mayna100 people
- Jadabbati74 people
- Amarpur43 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 Taragadi?166 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Taragadi in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Falta sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Taragadi?71.4% (Census 2011)