Tilantapara (also written as Tilandapara) is a village in the Sabang CD block in the Kharagpur subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Tilantapara is located at .
Kharagpur subdivision, shown partly in the map alongside, mostly has alluvial soils, except in two CD blocks in the west â Kharagpur I and Keshiary, which mostly have lateritic soils. Around 74% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once. With a density of population of 787 per km<sup>2</sup>nearly half of the districtâÂÂs population resides in this subdivision. 14.33% of the population lives in urban areas and 86.67% lives in the rural areas.
<small>Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.</small>
According to the 2011 Census of India, Tilantapara had a total population of 1,593, of which 827 (52%) were males and 766 (48%) were females. There were 155 persons in the age range of 0âÂÂ6 years. The total number of literate persons in Tilantapara was 3237 (91.96% of the population over 6 years).
.*For language details see Sabang (community development block)#Language and religion
Tilantapara U.M.M. High School is a Bengali-medium co-educational institution established in 1901. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. It has a library with 3,200 books, 3 computers and a playground.
David J. McCutchion mentions the Janaki Ballava temple as a pancharatna with smooth rekha turrets measuring 30â square, built in 1810/11. It has a porch on three arches. It has rich terracotta on three sides and stucco on the fourth.