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By population, Tola Telaidih ranks #190 of 333 villages in Chanan mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tola Telaidih is a village of 229 people in 41 households (Census 2011) in Chanan block, Banka district, Bihar, the 190th-largest of 333 villages in Chanan block. Literacy is 36%, 2 points below the block average of 38% and the sex ratio is 1,045 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 814131, served by Chandan post office; the LGD village code is 241616. The sarpanch is BALKISHOR SOREN, and the village votes in Warsaliganj assembly constituency, represented by MLA Anita. The population is estimated at 270 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tola Telaidih · this village | 229 | 36% | — |
| Tola Barkera · Chanan | 2,446 | 39% | — |
| Tola Dhawakal · Chanan | 972 | 20% | — |
| Tola Hathia Pathar · Chanan | 968 | 40% | — |
| Tola Dumaria · Chanan | 968 | 41% | — |
| Tola Amtua · Chanan | 861 | 47% | — |
| Tola Beharbari · Chanan | 818 | 26% | — |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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