# Taltungi Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Taltungi

Taltungi is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **570 people in 126 households**, the 163rd largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 570people (2011)
- 126households
- 45.9%literacy
- 1,065females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Taltungi

Of every 100 households in Taltungi in 2011, 5 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Taltungi · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**82%

Tap water ****2%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****58%**

**16%

Television ****0%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**32%

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 Taltungi?

■ Taltungi · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.9%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1065**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1577**

**955

Working population ****51.2%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 52.8% for men and 39.1% for women. 64% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 90 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 82 (28%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 14 (5%) · **■** Marginal 105 (36%)

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 Itahar

- Sujal587 people
- Pashim Durlabhpur584 people
- Gunarajpur579 people
- Chhilampur572 people
- Ujantor568 people
- Kaliganj564 people
- Jagadal560 people
- Laskarpur551 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Taltungi?570 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Taltungi in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Taltungi?45.9% (Census 2011)