Taranagar
Gosaba block · 24 Paraganas South
district, West Bengal · PIN 743378
· village code 335127
Population 2011
6,572
Census of India
Population 2020
6,722
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.3%
150 people · 0.3% a year
Households
1,410
+1.5% vs 1,389 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
6,572
Male / female
3,384 / 3,188
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
942
Children aged 0–6
840
Literacy rate
65.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
3,697 / 1,119
Working population
3,958
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
88.9%
Households
1,389
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
554
Teachers
16
Students per teacher
35
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,322
Non-farm households
88
Share of households farming, 2020
94%
Net sown area
85 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
85 / 25 / 5
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Radhanagar-Taranagar panchayat, Gosaba zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹68.37 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹82.58 lakh
Received directly
₹40,269
Spent
₹78.00 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹73.35 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹18.56 lakh · received ₹33.94 lakh · spent ₹31.27 lakh · left ₹21.63 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹49.81 lakh · received ₹48.64 lakh · spent ₹46.73 lakh · left ₹51.72 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.2523, 88.8709 —
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