# Taranagar Village, Patharpratima – Population & Literacy

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Village · Patharpratima, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Taranagar

Taranagar is a village in Patharpratima sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,425 people in 937 households**, the 30th largest of 87 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 82.1%.

- 4,425people (2011)
- 937households
- 78.6%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Taranagar

Of every 100 households in Taranagar in 2011, 0 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Taranagar · ■ Patharpratima rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**40%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**1%

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

**0%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****29%**

**45%

Television ****8%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**1%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**36%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 · ■ Patharpratima rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.6%**

**82.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****894**

**965

Working population ****58.0%**

**42.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.1% for men and 68.7% for women. 62% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 295 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 246 (10%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 112 (4%) · **■** Marginal 1,912 (75%)

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 Patharpratima

- Upendra Nagar4,915 people
- Rakshaskhali4,729 people
- Lakshmi Janardanpur4,567 people
- Gopalnagar Uttar4,492 people
- Sitarampur4,388 people
- Dakshin Lakshminarayanpur4,379 people
- Baradapur4,356 people
- Dakshin Surendraganj4,350 people

[All 92 villages in Patharpratima](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/patharpratima/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Taranagar?4,425 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Taranagar in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Patharpratima sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Taranagar?78.6% (Census 2011)