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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 197 families residing. The Tanasi village has population of 878 of which 424 are males while 454 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tanasi village population of children with age 0-6 is 98 which makes up 11.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tanasi village is 1071 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Tanasi as per census is 1333, 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 62.95 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Tanasi Male literacy stands at 73.82 % while female literacy rate was 52.51 %.

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 197 - -
Population 878 424 454
Child (0-6) 98 42 56
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 100 49 51
Literacy 62.95 % 73.82 % 52.51 %
Total Workers 295 199 96
Main Worker 120 - -
Marginal Worker 175 97 78

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 11.39 % 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, 295 were engaged in work activities. 40.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 59.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 295 workers engaged in Main Work, 41 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 31 were Agricultural labourer.