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Tanga Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Tanga is a medium size village located in Jhargram Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 246 families residing. The Tanga village has population of 1036 of which 527 are males while 509 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tanga village population of children with age 0-6 is 96 which makes up 9.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tanga village is 966 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Tanga as per census is 882, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Tanga village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Tanga village was 73.30 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Tanga Male literacy stands at 82.14 % while female literacy rate was 64.22 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Tanga village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Tanga village.

Tanga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 246 - -
Population 1,036 527 509
Child (0-6) 96 51 45
Schedule Caste 160 81 79
Schedule Tribe 50 26 24
Literacy 73.30 % 82.14 % 64.22 %
Total Workers 345 286 59
Main Worker 336 - -
Marginal Worker 9 3 6

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.44 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 4.83 % of total population in Tanga village.

Work Profile

In Tanga village out of total population, 345 were engaged in work activities. 97.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 345 workers engaged in Main Work, 27 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 281 were Agricultural labourer.