# Tilkumar Village, Basanti – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Basanti, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Tilkumar

Tilkumar is a village in Basanti sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **8,943 people in 1,735 households**, the 11th largest of 64 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 8,943people (2011)
- 1,735households
- 53.1%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tilkumar

Of every 100 households in Tilkumar in 2011, 4 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tilkumar · ■ Basanti rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**57%

Tap water ****17%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**95%

Use banking services ****7%**

**18%

Television ****2%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****68%**

**46%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Tilkumar?

■ Tilkumar · ■ Basanti rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.1%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****992**

**971

Working population ****35.7%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.7% for men and 46.2% for women. 53% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 369 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,040 (33%) · **■** Household industry 26 (1%) · **■** Other work 647 (20%) · **■** Marginal 1,111 (35%)

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 Basanti

- Kumarkhali12,021 people
- Sonakhali10,582 people
- Dhuri9,411 people
- Chunakhali9,241 people
- Ramchandrakhali7,849 people
- Chatrakhali7,208 people
- Lebukhali6,973 people
- Hiranmoypur6,562 people

[All 66 villages in Basanti](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/basanti/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tilkumar?8,943 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tilkumar in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Basanti sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tilkumar?53.1% (Census 2011)