# Telijant Village, Garbeta - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Garbeta - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Telijant

Telijant is a village in Garbeta - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,267 people in 247 households**, the 50th largest of 306 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 1,267people (2011)
- 247households
- 63.4%literacy
- 977females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Telijant

Of every 100 households in Telijant in 2011, 30 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Telijant · ■ Garbeta - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**69%

Tap water ****0%**

**33%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**6%

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

**87%

Use banking services ****73%**

**62%

Television ****19%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**11%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**15%

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 Telijant?

■ Telijant · ■ Garbeta - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.4%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****864**

**951

Working population ****43.3%**

**39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.0% for men and 56.7% for women. 53% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 117 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 62 (11%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 75 (14%) · **■** Marginal 292 (53%)

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 Garbeta - I

- Nerasol1,350 people
- Nachanjam1,331 people
- Balarampur1,315 people
- Pachadahara1,315 people
- Durgar Bankati1,254 people
- Aguibani1,230 people
- Ausabandi1,210 people
- Akchhara1,191 people

[All 369 villages in Garbeta - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/garbeta-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Telijant?1,267 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Telijant in?Paschim Medinipur district (Garbeta - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Telijant?63.4% (Census 2011)