# Tekal Village, Malur, Kolar (Karnataka) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Malur, Kolar 

# Tekal

Tekal is a village in Malur sub-district of Kolar district, Karnataka, PIN code **563137**. The 2011 Census counted **1,728 people in 376 households**, the 14th largest of 314 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 1,728people (2011)
- 376households
- 71.5%literacy
- 563137PIN code

## Tekal PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Tekal is 563137.** Tekal falls in Malur sub-district, Kolar district, Karnataka.

- PIN code563137
- Gram panchayatTekal
- Community development blockMalur
- Census village code622415

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

## How far is Tekal from nearby towns?

- Malur (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Kolar (district HQ)20 km by road
- Bangarpet (nearest town)15 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 Tekal?

23 services counted by the Census are inside Tekal; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●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
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Bangar Pet
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bangar Pet
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 12 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 Tekal known for?

The main crops are **ragi**. Products made here include silk. About 55% of the 439 hectares of village land is sown, and 51 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 Tekal

Of every 100 households in Tekal in 2011, 93 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 18 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Tekal · ■ Malur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****93%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**69%

Tap water ****40%**

**61%

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

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****18%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**83%

Use banking services ****44%**

**54%

Television ****61%**

**62%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**28%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****22%**

**15%

Own their home ****91%**

**89%

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 Tekal?

■ Tekal · ■ Malur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.5%**

**67.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****958**

**968

Working population ****47.2%**

**49.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.4% for men and 61.1% for women. 53% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 94 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 66 (8%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 212 (26%) · **■** Marginal 433 (53%)

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 Malur

- Hulimangalahosakote2,106 people
- Sampangere1,853 people
- Yeswanthapura1,765 people
- Santhehalli1,740 people
- Banahalli1,726 people
- Araleri1,650 people
- Seethanaikanahalli1,623 people
- Kavalagiriyanahalli1,584 people

[All 363 villages in Malur](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/kolar/malur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Tekal?563137
- How far is Tekal from Kolar?20 km by road
- What is the population of Tekal?1,728 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tekal in?Kolar district (Malur sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Tekal?71.5% (Census 2011)