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Tentulia Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Tentulia is a medium size village located in Jamboni Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 249 families residing. The Tentulia village has population of 1114 of which 583 are males while 531 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tentulia village population of children with age 0-6 is 135 which makes up 12.12 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tentulia village is 911 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Tentulia as per census is 800, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Tentulia village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Tentulia village was 70.58 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Tentulia Male literacy stands at 86.22 % while female literacy rate was 53.72 %.

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

Tentulia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 249 - -
Population 1,114 583 531
Child (0-6) 135 75 60
Schedule Caste 2 1 1
Schedule Tribe 461 228 233
Literacy 70.58 % 86.22 % 53.72 %
Total Workers 535 341 194
Main Worker 20 - -
Marginal Worker 515 327 188

Caste Factor

In Tentulia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 41.38 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.18 % of total population in Tentulia village.

Work Profile

In Tentulia village out of total population, 535 were engaged in work activities. 3.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 96.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 535 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.