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About Telikot Village

Telikot is a large village in Kharsia tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,165, made up of 1,569 males and 1,596 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 321.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Telikot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Telikot village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raigarh
Tehsil Kharsia
Pincode 493551
Area (hectares) 321.42 hectares
Population 3,165
Male Population 1,569
Female Population 1,596
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,017
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Telikot compares

By the 2011 count Telikot is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 970 residents. Its 321.42 hectares work out to about 9.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Telikot

Telikot 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 Telikot as Available. 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 Telikot from other places

Telikot lies about 33 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Kharsia, about under 2 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 Telikot
Nearest railway station Kharsia under 2 km
Nearest town Saktī 15 km
District headquarters Raigarh 33 km

Villages closest to Telikot

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kharsia 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 Telikot

As per the Census of India 2011, Telikot village had a population of 3,165. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 970 residents.

Telikot village has 1,569 males and 1,596 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Telikot has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1015.

The pincode recorded for Telikot is 493551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Telikot covers 321.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Telikot falls under Kharsia tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Telikot is Kharsia, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Telikot.

Telikot is about 33 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Telikot is in Kharsia tehsil of Raigarh district. Kharsia is about under 2 km away. Saktī is about 15 km away. Raigarh is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gopi Mahka (1.7 km), Ratan Mahka (1.7 km) and Mauhapali (2.3 km).

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

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