# Telun Village, Khandaghosh, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Khandaghosh, Barddhaman 

# Telun

Telun is a village in Khandaghosh sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,383 people in 323 households**, the 45th largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.3%.

- 1,383people (2011)
- 323households
- 80.2%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Telun

Of every 100 households in Telun in 2011, 78 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Telun · ■ Khandaghosh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**56%

Tap water ****69%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**81%

Use banking services ****85%**

**70%

Television ****44%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**8%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****6%**

**19%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Telun?

■ Telun · ■ Khandaghosh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.2%**

**77.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****986**

**960

Working population ****46.8%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.7% for men and 70.9% for women. 65% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 71 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 230 (36%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 118 (18%) · **■** Marginal 219 (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 Khandaghosh

- Kapshit1,524 people
- Aradanga1,517 people
- Torkona1,400 people
- Khundkuri1,389 people
- Muidhara1,376 people
- Sultanpur1,376 people
- Krishnanagar1,367 people
- Shankarpur1,341 people

[All 111 villages in Khandaghosh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/khandaghosh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Telun?1,383 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Telun in?Barddhaman district (Khandaghosh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Telun?80.2% (Census 2011)