# Taranagar Village, Gosaba – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Gosaba, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Taranagar

Taranagar is a village in Gosaba sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **6,572 people in 1,389 households**, the 9th largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 6,572people (2011)
- 1,389households
- 74.6%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Taranagar

Of every 100 households in Taranagar in 2011, 0 had electricity, 61 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Taranagar · ■ Gosaba rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**3%

Toilet within the home ****61%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****38%**

**23%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**2%

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

**0%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****22%**

**35%

Television ****5%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**1%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****59%**

**51%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Taranagar?

■ Taranagar · ■ Gosaba rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.6%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1049**

**981

Working population ****60.2%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.6% for men and 64.9% for women. 65% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 201 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 386 (10%) · **■** Household industry 8 (0%) · **■** Other work 165 (4%) · **■** Marginal 3,198 (81%)

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 Gosaba

- Manmathanagar7,971 people
- Sadhupur6,992 people
- Lahiripur6,851 people
- Arampur6,618 people
- Bijoynagar6,507 people
- Chimta6,332 people
- Bally6,234 people
- Kalidaspur5,724 people

[All 51 villages in Gosaba](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/gosaba/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Taranagar?6,572 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Taranagar in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Gosaba sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Taranagar?74.6% (Census 2011)