# Taranagar Village, Jaynagar - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Jaynagar - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Taranagar

Taranagar is a village in Jaynagar - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,340 people in 834 households**, the 20th largest of 47 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 4,340people (2011)
- 834households
- 62.9%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Taranagar

Of every 100 households in Taranagar in 2011, 16 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Taranagar · ■ Jaynagar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**96%

Use banking services ****8%**

**19%

Television ****3%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****73%**

**49%

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 · ■ Jaynagar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.9%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1003**

**978

Working population ****38.3%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.4% for men and 52.6% for women. 53% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 120 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 407 (24%) · **■** Household industry 38 (2%) · **■** Other work 242 (15%) · **■** Marginal 855 (51%)

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 Jaynagar - II

- Pat Pukur5,290 people
- Karibaria4,971 people
- Mallar Chak4,928 people
- Purba Raghunathpur4,575 people
- Dashra Bhagabanpur3,214 people
- Paschim Tentulbaria2,754 people
- Mayda2,736 people
- Baidya Chak2,699 people

[All 47 villages in Jaynagar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/jaynagar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Taranagar?4,340 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Taranagar in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Jaynagar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Taranagar?62.9% (Census 2011)