# Tegharia Village, Mejhia, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Mejhia, Bankura 

# Tegharia

Tegharia is a village in Mejhia sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,787 people in 356 households**, the 18th largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 1,787people (2011)
- 356households
- 71.7%literacy
- 922females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tegharia

Of every 100 households in Tegharia in 2011, 73 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 29 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 32 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Tegharia · ■ Mejhia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**47%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****29%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****46%**

**52%

Use banking services ****95%**

**36%

Television ****59%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****32%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**27%

Own their home ****62%**

**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 Tegharia?

■ Tegharia · ■ Mejhia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.7%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****843**

**937

Working population ****30.8%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.9% for men and 63.0% for women. 53% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 33 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 87 (16%) · **■** Household industry 17 (3%) · **■** Other work 314 (57%) · **■** Marginal 100 (18%)

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 Mejhia

- Mochrakend1,919 people
- Bharra1,912 people
- Ranipur1,912 people
- Jot-Sriram1,833 people
- Kansara1,687 people
- Banjora1,529 people
- Parbatipur1,338 people
- Pairasol1,277 people

[All 75 villages in Mejhia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/mejhia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tegharia?1,787 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tegharia in?Bankura district (Mejhia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tegharia?71.7% (Census 2011)