# Tekatali Village, Maynaguri, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Maynaguri, Jalpaiguri 

# Tekatali

Tekatali is a village in Maynaguri sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,507 people in 1,054 households**, the 20th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 4,507people (2011)
- 1,054households
- 80.8%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tekatali

Of every 100 households in Tekatali in 2011, 45 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Tekatali · ■ Maynaguri rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****45%**

**67%

Tap water ****9%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****82%**

**68%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**92%

Use banking services ****14%**

**22%

Television ****27%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****34%**

**31%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Tekatali?

■ Tekatali · ■ Maynaguri rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.8%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1162**

**940

Working population ****32.9%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.1% for men and 76.2% for women. 56% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 238 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 382 (26%) · **■** Household industry 40 (3%) · **■** Other work 705 (48%) · **■** Marginal 117 (8%)

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 Maynaguri

- Betgara4,739 people
- Singimari4,613 people
- Kanthalbari4,591 people
- Dakshin Ulladabari4,586 people
- Paschim Harmati4,344 people
- Charchura Bhandar4,311 people
- Bhatpatti4,250 people
- Basilardanga4,248 people

[All 85 villages in Maynaguri](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/maynaguri/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tekatali?4,507 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tekatali in?Jalpaiguri district (Maynaguri sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tekatali?80.8% (Census 2011)