# Tilan Village, Goalpokhar - I, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Goalpokhar - I, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Tilan

Tilan is a village in Goalpokhar - I sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,317 people in 433 households**, the 45th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 29.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 41.8%.

- 2,317people (2011)
- 433households
- 29.3%literacy
- 901females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tilan

Of every 100 households in Tilan in 2011, 51 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Tilan · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**87%

Tap water ****4%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**37%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**91%

Use banking services ****10%**

**20%

Television ****6%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**35%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Tilan?

■ Tilan · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****29.3%**

**41.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****901**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1052**

**950

Working population ****37.2%**

**31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 31.2% for men and 27.1% for women. 47% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 305 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 326 (38%) · **■** Household industry 20 (2%) · **■** Other work 40 (5%) · **■** Marginal 171 (20%)

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 Goalpokhar - I

- Paschim Keladanta2,543 people
- Lalkunri2,450 people
- Dakshin Basantapur2,424 people
- Pokharia Dargabasti2,352 people
- Pachra2,314 people
- Chunihar2,303 people
- Bhagabanpur2,254 people
- Ikarchala2,179 people

[All 152 villages in Goalpokhar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/goalpokhar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tilan?2,317 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tilan in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Goalpokhar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tilan?29.3% (Census 2011)