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Telighana Population - Sundargarh, Orissa

Telighana is a medium size village located in Kutra Block of Sundargarh district, Orissa with total 407 families residing. The Telighana village has population of 1771 of which 930 are males while 841 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Telighana village population of children with age 0-6 is 200 which makes up 11.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Telighana village is 904 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Telighana as per census is 802, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Telighana village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Telighana village was 65.88 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Telighana Male literacy stands at 74.48 % while female literacy rate was 56.52 %.

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 407 - -
Population 1,771 930 841
Child (0-6) 200 111 89
Schedule Caste 200 105 95
Schedule Tribe 1,492 780 712
Literacy 65.88 % 74.48 % 56.52 %
Total Workers 886 531 355
Main Worker 491 - -
Marginal Worker 395 119 276

Caste Factor

In Telighana village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 84.25 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 11.29 % of total population in Telighana village.

Work Profile

In Telighana village out of total population, 886 were engaged in work activities. 55.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 886 workers engaged in Main Work, 235 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 61 were Agricultural labourer.