Telighana Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Telighana is a medium size village located in Manbazar - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 77 families residing. The Telighana village has population of 407 of which 201 are males while 206 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Telighana village population of children with age 0-6 is 52 which makes up 12.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Telighana village is 1025 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Telighana as per census is 1600, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Telighana village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Telighana village was 65.35 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Telighana Male literacy stands at 79.56 % while female literacy rate was 50.57 %.

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	77	-	-
Population	407	201	206
Child (0-6)	52	20	32
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	406	201	205
Literacy	65.35 %	79.56 %	50.57 %
Total Workers	205	110	95
Main Worker	87	-	-
Marginal Worker	118	29	89

Caste Factor

In Telighana village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.75 % of total population in Telighana village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Telighana village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Telighana village out of total population, 205 were engaged in work activities. 42.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 205 workers engaged in Main Work, 65 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.