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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Telta is a village in Balrampur mandal, Katihar district, Bihar, with a population of 861 across 202 households. The village has a literacy rate of 44.3%, is served by a railway station, and is located at coordinates 25.797°N, 87.847°E with PIN code 854317.
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- LGD code
- 224781
- Pincode
- 854317
- Post office
- Barsoighat
- Population
- 861
- Households
- 202
- Literacy rate
- 44.3%
- Sex ratio
- 948 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 266
- Distance to district centre
- 84 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 42 km
- Distance to Patna
- 272 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 362 km
- Nearest railway station
- Telta · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dalkhola Hospital · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Telta compares
By population, Telta ranks #66 of 156 villages in Balrampur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
44.3%
+7.1% vs mandal average
- Telta
- 44.3%
- Balrampur mandal
- 37.2%
- Katihar district
- 41.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
948
+14 vs mandal average
- Telta
- 948
- Balrampur mandal
- 934
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Telta
- 4.3
- Balrampur mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Telta at a glance
Telta is a village of 861 people in 202 households (Census 2011) in Balrampur block, Katihar district, Bihar, the 66th-largest of 156 villages in Balrampur block. Literacy is 44%, 7 points above the block average of 37% and the sex ratio is 948 women per 1,000 men. It lies 84 km from the Katihar district centre, 4 km from Chikni, the nearest town, under 1 km from Telta railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 854317, served by Barsoighat post office; the LGD village code is 224781. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dalkhola Hospital, 9 km away. The village votes in Dhamdaha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Leshi Singh. The population is estimated at 1,015 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Telta
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- DALKHOLA(W.B.)
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 9
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 80
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 1
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- RAIPUR HARDAR
- Total area (ha)
- 113.05
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 66.92
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Telta
- LGD code
- 224781
- Pincode
- 854317
- Post office
- Barsoighat
- Population (Census 2011)
- 861
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,015
- Households
- 202
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 948
- Literacy rate
- 44.3%
- Coordinates
- 25.79680°N, 87.84672°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purnia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhamdaha
- Member of Parliament
- Pappu Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Leshi Singh
- Block / Mandal
- Balrampur
- Nearest railway station
- Telta (0.6 km)
Getting there
How to reach Telta
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna272 kmcapital
- Kolkata362 km
- Delhi1097 km
- Hyderabad1345 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTelta<1 km
- Bus stopBotolbari20 km
- Hospital / PHCDalkhola Hospital9 km
- ATM / banksbi34 km
- Petrol pumpReliance9 km
- Collegecollege ground36 km
- Police stationRailway Police Force RPF35 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Teltaunder 1 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
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