# Tilai Village, Balarampur, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Balarampur, Puruliya 

# Tilai

Tilai is a village in Balarampur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,100 people in 197 households**, the 43rd largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 1,100people (2011)
- 197households
- 61.7%literacy
- 719females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tilai

Of every 100 households in Tilai in 2011, 10 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tilai · ■ Balarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**97%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**89%

Use banking services ****62%**

**39%

Television ****9%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**22%

Own their home ****93%**

**99%

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 Tilai?

■ Tilai · ■ Balarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.7%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****719**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****859**

**939

Working population ****49.5%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.0% for men and 39.8% for women. 58% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 17 (3%) · **■** Household industry 16 (3%) · **■** Other work 164 (30%) · **■** Marginal 347 (64%)

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 Balarampur

- Siringi1,211 people
- Baghadih1,208 people
- Gohaldang1,160 people
- Kadamdih1,148 people
- Fatehpur1,054 people
- Juradih1,014 people
- Harat1,008 people
- Dumarbera998 people

[All 90 villages in Balarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/balarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tilai?1,100 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tilai in?Puruliya district (Balarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tilai?61.7% (Census 2011)