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

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Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Tilna

Tilna is a village in Gangarampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,514 people in 332 households**, the 46th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.

- 1,514people (2011)
- 332households
- 74.8%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tilna

Of every 100 households in Tilna in 2011, 78 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tilna · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****58%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**32%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****27%**

**27%

Television ****36%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**37%

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 Tilna?

■ Tilna · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.8%**

**71.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****946**

**936

Working population ****34.9%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.4% for men and 63.8% for women. 61% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 227 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 125 (24%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 104 (20%) · **■** Marginal 68 (13%)

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

- Thengapara1,692 people
- Purbba Bishnupur1,654 people
- Nandanpur1,626 people
- Ratinathpur1,517 people
- Pulinda1,512 people
- Uday1,481 people
- Pargaon1,479 people
- Sayrapur1,438 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tilna?1,514 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tilna in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tilna?74.8% (Census 2011)