# Telipara Village, Kanksa, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Kanksa, Barddhaman 

# Telipara

Telipara is a village in Kanksa sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,499 people in 357 households**, the 27th largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.5%.

- 1,499people (2011)
- 357households
- 62.1%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Telipara

Of every 100 households in Telipara in 2011, 33 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Telipara · ■ Kanksa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**31%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**68%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

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

**38%

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

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

**70%

Use banking services ****27%**

**68%

Television ****22%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**12%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****32%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Telipara?

■ Telipara · ■ Kanksa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.1%**

**72.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1013**

**976

Working population ****53.9%**

**45.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.2% for men and 51.7% for women. 60% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 150 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 249 (31%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 131 (16%) · **■** Marginal 274 (34%)

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 Kanksa

- Jatgaria1,595 people
- Nutunganj1,583 people
- Anandapur1,566 people
- Mobarakganja1,558 people
- Beharpur1,485 people
- Kajladihi1,416 people
- Rupganj1,372 people
- Sokna1,371 people

[All 82 villages in Kanksa](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/kanksa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Telipara?1,499 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Telipara in?Barddhaman district (Kanksa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Telipara?62.1% (Census 2011)