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Tanasi Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Tanasi is a medium size village located in Jhalda - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 189 families residing. The Tanasi village has population of 903 of which 466 are males while 437 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tanasi village population of children with age 0-6 is 128 which makes up 14.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tanasi village is 938 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Tanasi as per census is 1133, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Tanasi village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Tanasi village was 62.84 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Tanasi Male literacy stands at 75.62 % while female literacy rate was 48.78 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Tanasi 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 Tanasi village.

Tanasi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 189 - -
Population 903 466 437
Child (0-6) 128 60 68
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 784 406 378
Literacy 62.84 % 75.62 % 48.78 %
Total Workers 346 223 123
Main Worker 25 - -
Marginal Worker 321 200 121

Caste Factor

In Tanasi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 86.82 % of total population in Tanasi village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Tanasi village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Tanasi village out of total population, 346 were engaged in work activities. 7.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 92.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 346 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.