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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Minu singh
Contact: 80****4341
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- LGD code
- 240403
- Pincode
- 813211
- Post office
- Shambhuganj
- Population
- 168
- Households
- 40
- Literacy rate
- 76.2%
- Sex ratio
- 714 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 50
Census 2011 · in context
How Telganwan compares
By population, Telganwan ranks #120 of 186 villages in Shambhuganj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
76.2%
+23.0% vs mandal average
Telganwan76.2%
Shambhuganj mandal53.2%
Banka district47.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
714
−170 vs mandal average
Telganwan714
Shambhuganj mandal884
Household size
people per home
4.2
−1.1 vs mandal average
Telganwan4.2
Shambhuganj mandal5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Telganwan at a glance
Telganwan is a village of 168 people in 40 households (Census 2011) in Shambhuganj block, Banka district, Bihar, the 120th-largest of 186 villages in Shambhuganj block. Literacy is 76%, 23 points above the block average of 53% and the sex ratio is 714 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 813211, served by Shambhuganj post office; the LGD village code is 240403. The sarpanch is Minu singh, and the village votes in Simri Bakhtiarpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanjay Kumar Singh. The population is estimated at 198 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Telganwan
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 0
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SULTANGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 50
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- GULNI
- Total area (ha)
- 50
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 18.39
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Telganwan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Telganwan
- LGD code
- 240403
- Pincode
- 813211
- Post office
- Shambhuganj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 168
- Population (projected 2026)
- 198
- Households
- 40
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 714
- Literacy rate
- 76.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khagaria
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Simri Bakhtiarpur
- Member of Parliament
- Rajesh Verma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sanjay Kumar Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Minu singh
- Block / Mandal
- Shambhuganj
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)