# Tarangapur Village, Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Tarangapur

Tarangapur is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,956 people in 916 households**, the 4th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 3,956people (2011)
- 916households
- 73.6%literacy
- 905females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tarangapur

Of every 100 households in Tarangapur in 2011, 34 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Tarangapur · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**96%

Use banking services ****31%**

**34%

Television ****24%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**20%

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 Tarangapur?

■ Tarangapur · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.6%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****905**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****827**

**969

Working population ****38.8%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.0% for men and 66.5% for women. 57% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 342 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 420 (27%) · **■** Household industry 49 (3%) · **■** Other work 547 (36%) · **■** Marginal 175 (11%)

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 Kaliaganj

- Malgaon6,048 people
- Delwarpur5,086 people
- Kunore4,709 people
- Raghunathpur3,874 people
- Mustafanagar3,865 people
- Sergram3,758 people
- Palihar3,491 people

[All 192 villages in Kaliaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/kaliaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tarangapur?3,956 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tarangapur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tarangapur?73.6% (Census 2011)