# Tilan Village, Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Tilan

Tilan is a village in Hemtabad sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,323 people in 299 households**, the 39th largest of 114 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 1,323people (2011)
- 299households
- 73.0%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tilan

Of every 100 households in Tilan in 2011, 43 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tilan · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****79%**

**67%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****8%**

**16%

Television ****23%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**27%

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 · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.0%**

**67.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****800**

**955

Working population ****46.2%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.5% for men and 65.2% for women. 56% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 147 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 257 (42%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 21 (3%) · **■** Marginal 185 (30%)

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 Hemtabad

- Mahipur1,421 people
- Mahajambari1,391 people
- Anantakota1,354 people
- Ghagra1,324 people
- Raghugaon1,298 people
- Giashil1,282 people
- Baharail1,243 people
- Atkara1,218 people

[All 116 villages in Hemtabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/hemtabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tilan?1,323 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tilan in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Hemtabad sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tilan?73.0% (Census 2011)