Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur
# Tejihar

Tejihar is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 443 people in 101 households, the 154th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.
- 443 people (2011)
- 101 households
- 53.0% literacy
- 846 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tejihar

Of every 100 households in Tejihar in 2011, 7 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tejihar · ■ Kushmundi rural average
- Electricity for lighting 7% 27%
- Toilet within the home 7% 17%
- No toilet (open defecation) 93% 81%
- Tap water 0% 2%
- Drinking water within premises 15% 29%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 93%
- Use banking services 61% 18%
- Television 7% 12%
- Mobile phone 9% 28%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 2% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 17% 24%
- Own their home 100% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Tejihar?

■ Tejihar · ■ Kushmundi rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 53.0% 65.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 846 981
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 543 955
- Working population 50.3% 38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.3% for men and 38.0% for women. 48% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 45 (20%) · ■ Farm labourers 174 (78%) · ■ Other work 3 (1%) · ■ Marginal 1 (0%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Kushmundi
- Faraspur 457 people
- Nituttarpara 455 people
- Mahishakuri 450 people
- Balarampur 448 people
- Shikarpur 440 people
- Sindur Muchhi 440 people
- Birampur 439 people
- Porabagdol 435 people

All 231 villages in Kushmundi

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Tejihar? 443 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tejihar in? Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tejihar? 53.0% (Census 2011)

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