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Telwa Population - Saharsa, Bihar

Telwa is a large village located in Mahishi Block of Saharsa district, Bihar with total 3037 families residing. The Telwa village has population of 15251 of which 7885 are males while 7366 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Telwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 3388 which makes up 22.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Telwa village is 934 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Telwa as per census is 891, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Telwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Telwa village was 49.30 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Telwa Male literacy stands at 60.97 % while female literacy rate was 36.97 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Telwa 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 Telwa village.

Telwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 3,037 - -
Population 15,251 7,885 7,366
Child (0-6) 3,388 1,792 1,596
Schedule Caste 2,020 1,037 983
Schedule Tribe 3 1 2
Literacy 49.30 % 60.97 % 36.97 %
Total Workers 5,884 3,530 2,354
Main Worker 2,969 - -
Marginal Worker 2,915 1,233 1,682

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.25 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.02 % of total population in Telwa village.

Work Profile

In Telwa village out of total population, 5884 were engaged in work activities. 50.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 5884 workers engaged in Main Work, 1549 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1176 were Agricultural labourer.