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

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Tilna

Tilna is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,067 people in 259 households**, the 50th largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 1,067people (2011)
- 259households
- 83.6%literacy
- 899females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tilna

Of every 100 households in Tilna in 2011, 54 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Tilna · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**36%

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

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****20%**

**25%

Television ****17%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**33%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.6%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****899**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1035**

**951

Working population ****48.3%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.4% for men and 82.7% for women. 59% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 143 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 220 (43%) · **■** Household industry 18 (3%) · **■** Other work 104 (20%) · **■** Marginal 30 (6%)

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 Kumarganj

- Krishnapur1,110 people
- Bhagabatipur1,105 people
- Badikanai1,102 people
- Agachha1,069 people
- Balta1,066 people
- Chak Mohan1,037 people
- Mulgaon1,032 people
- Kanura1,029 people

[All 218 villages in Kumarganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kumarganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tilna?1,067 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tilna in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tilna?83.6% (Census 2011)