# Tekonia Village, Mathabhanga - I, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Mathabhanga - I, Koch Bihar 

# Tekonia

Tekonia is a village in Mathabhanga - I sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **981 people in 226 households**, the 68th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.5%.

- 981people (2011)
- 226households
- 79.8%literacy
- 883females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tekonia

Of every 100 households in Tekonia in 2011, 28 had electricity, 47 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tekonia · ■ Mathabhanga - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****47%**

**41%

No toilet (open defecation) ****41%**

**57%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****83%**

**78%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**96%

Use banking services ****52%**

**31%

Television ****12%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****25%**

**32%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Tekonia?

■ Tekonia · ■ Mathabhanga - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.8%**

**71.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****883**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****807**

**946

Working population ****41.1%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.3% for men and 71.5% for women. 59% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 67 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 158 (39%) · **■** Household industry 13 (3%) · **■** Other work 116 (29%) · **■** Marginal 49 (12%)

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 Mathabhanga - I

- Chengar Khata1,103 people
- Satgaon Manabari Sitallahiri1,078 people
- Balarhat999 people
- Mahimer Kuthi997 people
- Tetuler Chhara975 people
- Nagar Gopalganj907 people
- Bara Ghariamohanpur904 people
- Uttar Daibhangi878 people

[All 102 villages in Mathabhanga - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/mathabhanga-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tekonia?981 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tekonia in?Koch Bihar district (Mathabhanga - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tekonia?79.8% (Census 2011)