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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Tekla is a village in Bakani mandal, Jhalawar district, Rajasthan. With a population of 607 across 142 households, it has a literacy rate of 46.3%. The village is located at coordinates 23.655°N, 74.318°E.
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- LGD code
- 104251
- Pincode
- 326023
- Post office
- Jhalara Patan City
- Population
- 607
- Households
- 142
- Literacy rate
- 46.3%
- Sex ratio
- 984 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 364
- Distance to district centre
- 195 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 200 km
- Distance to Jaipur
- 391 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 531 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kundalgarh · 66 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Charpota Hospital · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Tekla compares
By population, Tekla ranks #50 of 174 villages in Bakani mandal.
Literacy rate
%
46.3%
−1.0% vs mandal average
- Tekla
- 46.3%
- Bakani mandal
- 47.3%
- Jhalawar district
- 52.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
984
+13 vs mandal average
- Tekla
- 984
- Bakani mandal
- 971
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Tekla
- 4.3
- Bakani mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tekla at a glance
Tekla is a village of 607 people in 142 households (Census 2011) in Bakani tehsil, Jhalawar district, Rajasthan, the 50th-largest of 174 villages in Bakani tehsil. Literacy is 46%, 1 points below the tehsil average of 47% and the sex ratio is 984 women per 1,000 men. It lies 195 km from the Jhalawar district centre, 15 km from Ghatol, the nearest town, 66 km from Kundalgarh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 326023, served by Jhalara Patan City post office; the LGD village code is 104251. The nearest hospital or health centre is Charpota Hospital, 8 km away. The village votes in Jhalrapatan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vasundhara Raje. The population is estimated at 716 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Tekla
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JHALRAPATAN
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 35
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 370.24
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 88.44
- Forest area (ha)
- 241.18
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Tekla
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Tekla
- LGD code
- 104251
- Pincode
- 326023
- Post office
- Jhalara Patan City
- Population (Census 2011)
- 607
- Population (projected 2026)
- 716
- Households
- 142
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 984
- Literacy rate
- 46.3%
- Coordinates
- 23.65539°N, 74.31843°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jhalawar-Baran
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jhalrapatan
- Member of Parliament
- Dushyant Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Vasundhara Raje
- Block / Mandal
- Bakani
Getting there
How to reach Tekla
Distance to cities · straight line
- Jaipur391 kmcapital
- Mumbai531 km
- Delhi622 km
- Hyderabad821 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKundalgarh66 km
- Hospital / PHCCharpota Hospital8 km
- ATM / bankHDFC Bank17 km
- Petrol pumpbharat petroleum, banswara16 km
- Collegecollege ground16 km
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- Padalya Kulmi
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-10
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-23
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)