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About Telo Village

Telo is a small village in Sundarpahari tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 52, made up of 28 males and 24 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 857 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814156, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Telo Overview

Census 2011 figures for Telo village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Godda
Tehsil Sundarpahari
Pincode 814156
Area (hectares) 74.83 hectares
Population 52
Male Population 28
Female Population 24
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 857
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Telo compares

By the 2011 count Telo is the 179th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 300 residents. Its 74.83 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 1023.

Getting to Telo

Telo is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Telo as Available within 10+ 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Telo from other places

Telo lies about 44 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Barharwa Junction, about 15 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 Telo
Nearest railway station Barharwa Junction 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Sundarpahari 17 km
Nearest town Farakka 26 km
District headquarters Godda 44 km

Villages closest to Telo

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Telo village had a population of 52. That makes it the 179th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 300 residents.

Telo village has 28 males and 24 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Telo has about 857 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Telo is 814156. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Telo covers 74.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Telo falls under Sundarpahari tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Telo is Barharwa Junction, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Telo is about 44 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Telo is in Sundarpahari tehsil of Godda district. Barharwa Junction is about 15 km away. Sundarpahari is about 17 km away. Farakka is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Telodoni (under 2 km), Kusumghati (under 2 km) and Champa (1.9 km).

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

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