# Tekri Village, Lanji, Balaghat (Madhya Pradesh) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Lanji, Balaghat 

# Tekri

Tekri is a village in Lanji sub-district of Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **664 people in 137 households**, the 96th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.6%.

- 664people (2011)
- 137households
- 80.3%literacy
- 1,012females per 1,000 males

## Tekri PIN code and other codes

Tekri falls in Lanji sub-district, Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockLanji
- Census village code498623

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

## How far is Tekri from nearby towns?

- Lanji (sub-district HQ)2 km by road
- Balaghat (district HQ)64 km by road
- Lanji (nearest town)2 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 Tekri?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Tekri; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Lanji
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Lanji
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Balaghat
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 10 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 Tekri known for?

The main crops are **dhan, wheat and chana**. About 90% of the 58 hectares of village land is sown, and 2 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 Tekri

Of every 100 households in Tekri in 2011, 87 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tekri · ■ Lanji rural average

Electricity for lighting ****87%**

**72%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**98%

Use banking services ****14%**

**25%

Television ****22%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**23%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Tekri?

■ Tekri · ■ Lanji rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.3%**

**77.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1012**

**1014

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1104**

**987

Working population ****48.5%**

**59.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.6% for men and 73.0% for women. 57% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 107 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 71 (22%) · **■** Household industry 15 (5%) · **■** Other work 91 (28%) · **■** Marginal 38 (12%)

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 Lanji

- Lohara739 people
- Thema714 people
- Jiwnara703 people
- Lodama701 people
- Junewani625 people
- Balegaon618 people
- Tekapar608 people
- Bhanutola568 people

[All 162 villages in Lanji](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/balaghat/lanji/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Tekri from Balaghat?64 km by road
- What is the population of Tekri?664 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tekri in?Balaghat district (Lanji sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Tekri?80.3% (Census 2011)