# Tellanur Village, Kollegal, Chamarajanagar (Karnataka)

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Village · Kollegal, Chamarajanagar 

# Tellanur

Tellanur is a village in Kollegal sub-district of Chamarajanagar district, Karnataka, PIN code **571440**. The 2011 Census counted **6,185 people in 1,572 households**, the 15th largest of 85 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 59.6%.

- 6,185people (2011)
- 1,572households
- 49.9%literacy
- 571440PIN code

## Tellanur PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Tellanur is 571440.** Tellanur falls in Kollegal sub-district, Chamarajanagar district, Karnataka.

- PIN code571440
- Gram panchayatTellanur
- Community development blockKollegal
- Census village code619817

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

## How far is Tellanur from nearby towns?

- Kollegal (sub-district HQ)25 km by road
- Chamarajanagar (district HQ)65 km by road
- Kollegal (nearest town)25 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 Tellanur?

27 services counted by the Census are inside Tellanur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 4 govt · 4 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 7 govt · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Alternative medicine hospitalIn village · 1
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Sathegala
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kollegal
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kollegal
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 6 h winter

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 Tellanur known for?

The main crops are **ragi**. About 80% of the 1,849 hectares of village land is sown, and 1,013 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 Tellanur

Of every 100 households in Tellanur in 2011, 87 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tellanur · ■ Kollegal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****87%**

**86%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**80%

Tap water ****58%**

**48%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**89%

Use banking services ****7%**

**23%

Television ****34%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**14%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**25%

Own their home ****93%**

**91%

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 Tellanur?

■ Tellanur · ■ Kollegal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.9%**

**59.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1006**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****938**

**950

Working population ****54.7%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 55.0% for men and 44.8% for women. 64% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 983 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,383 (41%) · **■** Household industry 15 (0%) · **■** Other work 197 (6%) · **■** Marginal 806 (24%)

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 Kollegal

- Suleri Palya6,663 people
- Doddinduvadi6,294 people
- Ramapura6,223 people
- Palya6,193 people
- Shagya6,013 people
- Mullur5,761 people
- Arabigere-855,588 people
- Kunagalli5,000 people

[All 139 villages in Kollegal](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/chamarajanagar/kollegal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Tellanur?571440
- How far is Tellanur from Chamarajanagar?65 km by road
- What is the population of Tellanur?6,185 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tellanur in?Chamarajanagar district (Kollegal sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Tellanur?49.9% (Census 2011)
