# Tilna Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Tilna

Tilna is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,694 people in 372 households**, the 61st largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 1,694people (2011)
- 372households
- 49.4%literacy
- 1,026females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tilna

Of every 100 households in Tilna in 2011, 10 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Tilna · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**17%

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

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****32%**

**16%

Television ****5%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**32%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Tilna?

■ Tilna · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.4%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1026**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****907**

**955

Working population ****46.0%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.7% for men and 40.5% for women. 60% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 173 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 226 (29%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 17 (2%) · **■** Marginal 362 (46%)

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 Itahar

- Chabhat1,798 people
- Rajkot1,792 people
- Basratpur1,755 people
- Sahabhita1,741 people
- Kochpara1,679 people
- Asrafpur1,620 people
- Subarnapur1,616 people
- Koarpur1,559 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tilna?1,694 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tilna in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tilna?49.4% (Census 2011)