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About Telghi Village

Telghi is one of the larger villages in Kharik tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 7,181, made up of 3,810 males and 3,371 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 630 hectares hectares.

Telghi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Telghi village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Bhagalpur
Tehsil Kharik
Area (hectares) 630 hectares
Population 7,181
Male Population 3,810
Female Population 3,371
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 885
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Telghi compares

By the 2011 count Telghi is the 6th largest of the 20 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 6,038 residents. Its 630 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 882.

Getting to Telghi

Telghi is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Telghi as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Telghi from other places

Telghi lies about 13 km from Bhagalpur. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Telghi
Tehsil headquarters Kharik 1.9 km
Nearest town Naugachhia 12 km
District headquarters Bhagalpur 13 km

Villages closest to Telghi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kharik tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Telghi

As per the Census of India 2011, Telghi village had a population of 7,181. That makes it the 6th largest of the 20 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 6,038 residents.

Telghi village has 3,810 males and 3,371 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Telghi has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 882.

Telghi covers 630 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Telghi falls under Kharik tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The census record for Telghi notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Telghi.

Telghi is about 13 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Telghi is in Kharik tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Kharik is about 1.9 km away. Naugachhia is about 12 km away. Bhagalpur is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kharik (1.9 km), Tulshipur Kharik (1.9 km) and Usmanpur (2.3 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Telghi today is likely to be higher.

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