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Telighana Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Telighana is a medium size village located in Kharagpur - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 102 families residing. The Telighana village has population of 502 of which 264 are males while 238 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Telighana village population of children with age 0-6 is 58 which makes up 11.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Telighana village is 902 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Telighana as per census is 568, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Telighana village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Telighana village was 83.11 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Telighana Male literacy stands at 88.55 % while female literacy rate was 77.42 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Telighana village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Telighana village.

Telighana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 102 - -
Population 502 264 238
Child (0-6) 58 37 21
Schedule Caste 34 19 15
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 83.11 % 88.55 % 77.42 %
Total Workers 259 163 96
Main Worker 154 - -
Marginal Worker 105 25 80

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.77 % of total population in Telighana village. The village Telighana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Telighana village out of total population, 259 were engaged in work activities. 59.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 259 workers engaged in Main Work, 65 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.