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The interplay between magnetism and quantum effects has motivated several thermoelectric studies on iron‐telluride yet with little insight on the anomalous features in transport properties near magnetostructural transition temperature (≈70 K). A detailed investigation is carried out on Fe_1.1Te by characterizing magnetic, heat capacity, galvanomagnetic, and thermoelectric transport properties to understand the electronic, magnetic, and structural origin of those anomalies. The magnetic susceptibility indicates a bicollinear stripe and short‐range ordering in the antiferromagnetic and paramagnetic domains, respectively. Hall conductivity and transverse magnetoresistance reveal a multicarrier transport impacted by spin fluctuations and magnons. Contributions from phonon‐drag and magnon‐drag are evaluated to understand the origin of the broad peak in antiferromagnetic thermopower. The peak at ≈50 K and the insignificant entropy contribution from the magnonic heat capacity support the phonon‐drag as the origin. The field‐dependent enhancement of thermal conductivity must be associated with field‐dependent spin‐phonon coupling modification. The field‐induced thermopower reduction can be attributed to the suppression of magnons or paramagnons, as evidenced by the magnetic susceptibility data. Above 70 K, the thermal conductivity drops sharply due to the structural change modifying phonon modes. Understanding these properties originated from the spin, and quantum effects are instrumental for designing high‐performance spin‐driven thermoelectrics.