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About Telar Village

Telar is a large village in Islamnagar Aliganj tehsil, in the district of Jamui, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,274, made up of 1,202 males and 1,072 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 138 hectares hectares.

Telar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Telar village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Jamui
Tehsil Islamnagar Aliganj
Area (hectares) 138 hectares
Population 2,274
Male Population 1,202
Female Population 1,072
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 892
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Telar compares

By the 2011 count Telar is the 22nd largest of the 62 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,206 residents. Its 138 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 940.

Getting to Telar

Telar is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Telar as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Telar from other places

Telar lies about 36 km from Jamui, and the nearest railway station is Kusumha Bihar, about 19 km away. 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 Telar
Tehsil headquarters Islamnagar Aliganj 6.3 km
Nearest railway station Kusumha Bihar 19 km
Nearest town Sheikhpura 21 km
District headquarters Jamui 36 km

Villages closest to Telar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Islamnagar Aliganj 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 Telar

As per the Census of India 2011, Telar village had a population of 2,274. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 62 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,206 residents.

Telar village has 1,202 males and 1,072 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Telar has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 940.

Telar covers 138 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Telar falls under Islamnagar Aliganj tehsil of Jamui district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Telar is Kusumha Bihar, about 19 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Telar.

Telar is about 36 km from Jamui in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Telar is in Islamnagar Aliganj tehsil of Jamui district. Islamnagar Aliganj is about 6.3 km away. Kusumha Bihar is about 19 km away. Sheikhpura is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhanar (under 2 km), Chaurasa (under 2 km) and Mahathpur (under 2 km).

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

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