# Telekona Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Telekona

Telekona is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **604 people in 149 households**, the 175th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 604people (2011)
- 149households
- 71.7%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Telekona

Of every 100 households in Telekona in 2011, 66 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 22 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Telekona · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****33%**

**48%

Tap water ****16%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****22%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****73%**

**84%

Use banking services ****78%**

**58%

Television ****46%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**2%

None of these assets ****14%**

**18%

Own their home ****82%**

**96%

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 Telekona?

■ Telekona · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.7%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****926**

**962

Working population ****40.7%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.1% for men and 61.8% for women. 62% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 15 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 54 (22%) · **■** Other work 62 (25%) · **■** Marginal 115 (47%)

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 Dhaniakhali

- Dumro640 people
- Beguna630 people
- Purbba Keshabpur609 people
- Rahia609 people
- Purbba Narayanpur590 people
- Jadupur566 people
- Dakshin Malikapur562 people
- Balagari548 people

[All 214 villages in Dhaniakhali](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/dhaniakhali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Telekona?604 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Telekona in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Telekona?71.7% (Census 2011)