Village · Sarenga, Bankura
# Telijant

Telijant is a village in Sarenga sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 682 people in 136 households, the 57th largest of 153 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.3%.
- 682 people (2011)
- 136 households
- 60.8% literacy
- 949 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Telijant

Of every 100 households in Telijant in 2011, 38 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Telijant · ■ Sarenga rural average
- Electricity for lighting 38% 48%
- Toilet within the home 1% 13%
- No toilet (open defecation) 99% 86%
- Tap water 0% 9%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 23%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 95%
- Use banking services 67% 53%
- Television 3% 20%
- Mobile phone 18% 34%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 2% 7%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 18% 22%
- Own their home 100% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Telijant?

■ Telijant · ■ Sarenga rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 60.8% 74.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 949 972
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 738 938
- Working population 50.9% 42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.0% for men and 47.5% for women. 56% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 8 (2%) · ■ Farm labourers 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 6 (2%) · ■ Marginal 332 (96%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Sarenga
- Kayaerpara 756 people
- Gobindapur Damdi 743 people
- Mayna 712 people
- Panchur 691 people
- Dharampur 676 people
- Chautar 674 people
- Narayanpur 642 people
- Danrkini 638 people

All 166 villages in Sarenga

## Other places named Telijant
- Telijant · Village, Garbeta - I, Paschim Medinipur · 1,267 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Telijant? 682 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Telijant in? Bankura district (Sarenga sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Telijant? 60.8% (Census 2011)

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