# Tilkhoja, Moyna, Purba Medinipur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Moyna, Purba Medinipur 

# Tilkhoja

Tilkhoja is a village in [Moyna](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/moyna/) sub-district of [Purba Medinipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **5,766 people in 1,318 households**, the 9th largest of 85 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.4%.

- 5,766people (2011)
- 1,318households
- 88.5%literacy
- 868females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tilkhoja

Of every 100 households in Tilkhoja in 2011, 57 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tilkhoja · ■ Moyna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**77%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**18%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**89%

Use banking services ****54%**

**31%

Television ****25%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**32%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Tilkhoja?

■ Tilkhoja · ■ Moyna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.5%**

**86.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****868**

**923

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****841**

**940

Working population ****35.8%**

**38.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.2% for men and 84.2% for women. 56% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 113 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 73 (4%) · **■** Household industry 19 (1%) · **■** Other work 619 (30%) · **■** Marginal 1,242 (60%)

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 Moyna

- Saorabere Jalpai6,890 people
- Srikantha6,549 people
- Bakcha6,185 people
- Kiyarana5,808 people
- Chongra4,968 people
- Sudampur4,774 people
- Anandapur4,343 people
- Gojina4,322 people

[All 85 villages in Moyna](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/moyna/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tilkhoja?5,766 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tilkhoja in?Purba Medinipur district (Moyna sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tilkhoja?88.5% (Census 2011)