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About Telotok Village

Telotok is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 20, made up of 12 males and 8 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 667 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52.11 hectares hectares.

Telotok Overview

Census 2011 figures for Telotok village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Taljhari
Area (hectares) 52.11 hectares
Population 20
Male Population 12
Female Population 8
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 667
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Telotok compares

By the 2011 count Telotok is the 187th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 52.11 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 992.

Getting to Telotok

Telotok is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Telotok 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Telotok from other places

Telotok lies about 30 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Tinpahar Junction, about 8.1 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 Telotok
Nearest railway station Tinpahar Junction 8.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Taljhari 14 km
Nearest town Rājmahal 19 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 30 km

Villages closest to Telotok

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Telotok village had a population of 20. That makes it the 187th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Telotok village has 12 males and 8 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Telotok has about 667 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 992.

Telotok covers 52.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Telotok falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Telotok is Tinpahar Junction, about 8.1 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Telotok.

Telotok is about 30 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Telotok is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Tinpahar Junction is about 8.1 km away. Taljhari is about 14 km away. Rājmahal is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Davgoda (under 2 km), Banapara (1.7 km) and Bara Banapara (1.7 km).

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

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