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About Tilan Village

Tilan is a mid sized village in Hemtabad tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,323, made up of 679 males and 644 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 267.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733156, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tilan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tilan village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil Hemtabad
Pincode 733156
Area (hectares) 267.01 hectares
Population 1,323
Male Population 679
Female Population 644
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 948
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Tilan compares

By the 2011 count Tilan is the 39th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,246 residents. Its 267.01 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Tilan

Tilan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Tilan as Available within <5 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Tilan from other places

Tilan lies about 13 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Hatwar, about 23 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 Tilan
District headquarters Uttar Dinajpur 13 km
Nearest railway station Hatwar 23 km
Nearest town Kishanganj 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Hemtabad 32 km

Villages closest to Tilan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tilan village had a population of 1,323. That makes it the 39th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,246 residents.

Tilan village has 679 males and 644 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tilan has about 948 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Tilan is 733156. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tilan covers 267.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tilan falls under Hemtabad tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Tilan is Hatwar, about 23 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Tilan.

Tilan is about 13 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tilan is in Hemtabad tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Uttar Dinajpur is about 13 km away. Hatwar is about 23 km away. Kishanganj is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Karaidangi (14 km), Goalpara (15 km) and Basudebpur (17 km).

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

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