# Tilanga Village, Amour, Purnia (Bihar) – PIN Code & Facilities

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Village · Amour, Purnia 

# Tilanga

Tilanga is a village in Amour sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,424 people in 510 households**, the 46th largest of 150 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 45.2%.

- 2,424people (2011)
- 510households
- 53.8%literacy
- 897females per 1,000 males

## Tilanga PIN code and other codes

Tilanga falls in Amour sub-district, Purnia district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatKhari Mahingaon
- Community development blockAmour
- Census village code223840

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Tilanga from nearby towns?

- Amour (sub-district HQ)17 km by road
- Purnia (district HQ)56 km by road
- Purnia (nearest town)56 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Tilanga?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Tilanga; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Purnia East
- ○Degree college10+ km · Purnia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Purnia
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Tilanga known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. Products made here include jute rope and sutali. About 52% of the 349 hectares of village land is sown, and 98 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Tilanga

Of every 100 households in Tilanga in 2011, 0 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tilanga · ■ Amour rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**3%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**5%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**21%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**99%

Use banking services ****6%**

**16%

Television ****0%**

**2%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****44%**

**41%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Tilanga?

■ Tilanga · ■ Amour rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.8%**

**45.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****897**

**917

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1041**

**946

Working population ****27.4%**

**30.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.5% for men and 39.0% for women. 47% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 107 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 301 (45%) · **■** Household industry 141 (21%) · **■** Other work 55 (8%) · **■** Marginal 59 (9%)

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 Amour

- Haphanian2,563 people
- Dhurpaili2,555 people
- Damraha2,476 people
- Pathantoli2,476 people
- Ramnagar2,421 people
- Bishunpur2,349 people
- Palsa2,291 people
- Simalia2,285 people

[All 162 villages in Amour](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purnia/amour/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Tilanga from Purnia?56 km by road
- What is the population of Tilanga?2,424 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tilanga in?Purnia district (Amour sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Tilanga?53.8% (Census 2011)