Telečka

Telečka is a village in Serbia. It is in the Sombor municipality, in the West Bačka District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Hungarian ethnic majority and its population is 2,084 people. It is surrounded by a sandy region, also referred to as Telečka, or Telečka sands.

History

Settlement was built in 1883-1884 by Hungarian colonists. First census was conducted in 1890 and it recorded population of 2,479 inhabitants. Before the First World War this village was part of Bács-Bodrog County. Since 1918, it is part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Today, the village has a Hungarian ethnic majority with more than 70% of the population.

Ethnic groups (2002 census)

Hungarians = 1,508
Serbs = 429
Romani = 37
Yugoslavs = 23
Croats = 13
others.

Historical population

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1961: 2,996
1971: 2,665
1981: 2,429
1991: 2,138