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

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Village · Mejhia, Bankura 

# Telenda

Telenda is a village in Mejhia sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **980 people in 207 households**, the 32nd largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 980people (2011)
- 207households
- 60.6%literacy
- 1,050females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Telenda

Of every 100 households in Telenda in 2011, 43 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Telenda · ■ Mejhia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**47%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

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

**14%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**52%

Use banking services ****18%**

**36%

Television ****19%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****52%**

**27%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Telenda?

■ Telenda · ■ Mejhia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.6%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1050**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1258**

**937

Working population ****41.7%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.1% for men and 49.4% for women. 60% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 77 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (6%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 60 (15%) · **■** Marginal 248 (61%)

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

- Ikra1,129 people
- Lakshmanbandi1,125 people
- Purunia1,031 people
- Jalanpur982 people
- Kanshai965 people
- Dighalgram915 people
- Kalidaspur870 people
- Jorsa852 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Telenda?980 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Telenda in?Bankura district (Mejhia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Telenda?60.6% (Census 2011)