# Tejegarh Village, Tendukheda, Damoh (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Tendukheda, Damoh 

# Tejegarh

Tejegarh is a village in Tendukheda sub-district of Damoh district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **3,613 people in 907 households**, the 1st largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 61.8%.

- 3,613people (2011)
- 907households
- 85.4%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Tejegarh PIN code and other codes

Tejegarh falls in Tendukheda sub-district, Damoh district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockTendukheda
- Census village code462700

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

## How far is Tejegarh from nearby towns?

- Tendukheda (sub-district HQ)22 km by road
- Damoh (district HQ)34 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 Tejegarh?

21 services counted by the Census are inside Tejegarh; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 3 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt · 3 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt · 2 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 3 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Damoh
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Tendukheda
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 8 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 Tejegarh known for?

About 27% of the 298 hectares of village land is sown, and 48 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 Tejegarh

Of every 100 households in Tejegarh in 2011, 84 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Tejegarh · ■ Tendukheda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**96%

Tap water ****37%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**99%

Use banking services ****48%**

**22%

Television ****31%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**21%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**0%

None of these assets ****37%**

**50%

Own their home ****85%**

**97%

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 Tejegarh?

■ Tejegarh · ■ Tendukheda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.4%**

**61.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1042**

**966

Working population ****41.1%**

**49.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.5% for men and 76.5% for women. 54% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 94 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 80 (5%) · **■** Household industry 377 (25%) · **■** Other work 534 (36%) · **■** Marginal 401 (27%)

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 Tendukheda

- Patloni3,604 people
- Samnapur Mal3,223 people
- Dhangor Kalan2,984 people
- Harrai2,911 people

[All 184 villages in Tendukheda](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/damoh/tendukheda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Tejegarh from Damoh?34 km by road
- What is the population of Tejegarh?3,613 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tejegarh in?Damoh district (Tendukheda sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Tejegarh?85.4% (Census 2011)
