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Tenyasi Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Tenyasi is a medium size village located in Arsha Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 384 families residing. The Tenyasi village has population of 1927 of which 996 are males while 931 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tenyasi village population of children with age 0-6 is 290 which makes up 15.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tenyasi village is 935 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Tenyasi as per census is 779, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Tenyasi village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Tenyasi village was 56.63 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Tenyasi Male literacy stands at 67.83 % while female literacy rate was 45.02 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Tenyasi village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Tenyasi village.

Tenyasi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 384 - -
Population 1,927 996 931
Child (0-6) 290 163 127
Schedule Caste 249 131 118
Schedule Tribe 876 448 428
Literacy 56.63 % 67.83 % 45.02 %
Total Workers 1,012 533 479
Main Worker 509 - -
Marginal Worker 503 122 381

Caste Factor

In Tenyasi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 45.46 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 12.92 % of total population in Tenyasi village.

Work Profile

In Tenyasi village out of total population, 1012 were engaged in work activities. 50.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1012 workers engaged in Main Work, 241 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 190 were Agricultural labourer.