# Thangara Village, Kakdwip – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Kakdwip, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Thangara

Thangara is a village in Kakdwip sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,336 people in 683 households**, the 28th largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 3,336people (2011)
- 683households
- 80.7%literacy
- 976females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Thangara

Of every 100 households in Thangara in 2011, 21 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Thangara · ■ Kakdwip rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**39%

Tap water ****19%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**4%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**89%

Use banking services ****25%**

**35%

Television ****14%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****27%**

**34%

Own their home ****98%**

**91%

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 Thangara?

■ Thangara · ■ Kakdwip rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.7%**

**77.9%

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

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****948**

**976

Working population ****33.3%**

**35.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.1% for men and 73.2% for women. 58% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 505 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 230 (21%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 119 (11%) · **■** Marginal 253 (23%)

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 Kakdwip

- Harendranagar4,494 people
- Dakshin Kasiabad4,438 people
- Nebutala3,734 people
- Sankiberia3,511 people
- Uttar Chandranagar3,002 people
- Hesamabad2,993 people
- Koaberia2,953 people
- Srikrishnagar2,754 people

[All 39 villages in Kakdwip](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/kakdwip/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Thangara?3,336 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Thangara in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Kakdwip sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Thangara?80.7% (Census 2011)