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About Tejihar Village

Tejihar is a small village in Kushmundi tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 443, made up of 240 males and 203 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 846 females per 1000 males. The village covers 226.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tejihar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tejihar village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil Kushmundi
Pincode 733132
Area (hectares) 226.75 hectares
Population 443
Male Population 240
Female Population 203
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 846
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Tejihar compares

By the 2011 count Tejihar is the 154th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 872 residents. Its 226.75 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 986.

Getting to Tejihar

Tejihar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Tejihar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Shrirampur, Sibrampur, Silimpur and Sindur Muchhi. 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 Tejihar

As per the Census of India 2011, Tejihar village had a population of 443. That makes it the 154th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 872 residents.

Tejihar village has 240 males and 203 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tejihar has about 846 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Tejihar is 733132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tejihar covers 226.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Tejihar falls under Kushmundi tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Tejihar notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Tejihar is in Kushmundi tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur 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 Tejihar today is likely to be higher.

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