# Tilchhara Village, Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Tilchhara

Tilchhara is a village in Gangarampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **653 people in 154 households**, the 122nd largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.

- 653people (2011)
- 154households
- 84.5%literacy
- 860females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tilchhara

Of every 100 households in Tilchhara in 2011, 71 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 4 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tilchhara · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****71%**

**38%

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

**28%

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

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****0%**

**27%

Television ****12%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****4%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**37%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Tilchhara?

■ Tilchhara · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.5%**

**71.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****860**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****793**

**936

Working population ****58.5%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.7% for men and 82.0% for women. 60% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 168 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 34 (9%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 15 (4%) · **■** Marginal 164 (43%)

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 Gangarampur

- Malipara672 people
- Haripur667 people
- Durgaramchak657 people
- Chakrapanipur654 people
- Kunail647 people
- Narasundarpara642 people
- Madhya Raghunathpur641 people
- Katkihari640 people

[All 202 villages in Gangarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/gangarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tilchhara?653 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tilchhara in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tilchhara?84.5% (Census 2011)