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About Telgawa Village

Telgawa is a small village in Baisi tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 200, made up of 110 males and 90 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 818 females per 1000 males. The village covers 233 hectares hectares.

Telgawa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Telgawa village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purnia
Tehsil Baisi
Area (hectares) 233 hectares
Population 200
Male Population 110
Female Population 90
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 818
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Telgawa compares

By the 2011 count Telgawa is the 97th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,023 residents. Its 233 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Telgawa

Telgawa is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Telgawa as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Sugwa Mahanandpur, Sultanghata, Surigaon and Talbari Sathiara. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Telgawa

As per the Census of India 2011, Telgawa village had a population of 200. That makes it the 97th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,023 residents.

Telgawa village has 110 males and 90 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Telgawa has about 818 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

Telgawa covers 233 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Telgawa falls under Baisi tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The census record for Telgawa notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Telgawa is in Baisi tehsil of Purnia district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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