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Tentala Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Tentala is a medium size village located in Jamboni Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 56 families residing. The Tentala village has population of 227 of which 112 are males while 115 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tentala village population of children with age 0-6 is 23 which makes up 10.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tentala village is 1027 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Tentala as per census is 1300, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Tentala village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Tentala village was 60.29 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Tentala Male literacy stands at 67.65 % while female literacy rate was 52.94 %.

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

Tentala Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 56 - -
Population 227 112 115
Child (0-6) 23 10 13
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 141 64 77
Literacy 60.29 % 67.65 % 52.94 %
Total Workers 127 61 66
Main Worker 80 - -
Marginal Worker 47 17 30

Caste Factor

In Tentala village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 62.11 % of total population in Tentala village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Tentala village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Tentala village out of total population, 127 were engaged in work activities. 62.99 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.01 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 127 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 32 were Agricultural labourer.