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Tentulia Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Tentulia is a medium size village located in Egra - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 265 families residing. The Tentulia village has population of 1279 of which 658 are males while 621 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tentulia village population of children with age 0-6 is 151 which makes up 11.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tentulia village is 944 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Tentulia as per census is 776, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Tentulia village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Tentulia village was 78.01 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Tentulia Male literacy stands at 85.86 % while female literacy rate was 69.91 %.

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 265 - -
Population 1,279 658 621
Child (0-6) 151 85 66
Schedule Caste 74 31 43
Schedule Tribe 144 82 62
Literacy 78.01 % 85.86 % 69.91 %
Total Workers 539 380 159
Main Worker 451 - -
Marginal Worker 88 11 77

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 11.26 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 5.79 % of total population in Tentulia village.

Work Profile

In Tentulia village out of total population, 539 were engaged in work activities. 83.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 539 workers engaged in Main Work, 194 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 183 were Agricultural labourer.