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Tentulia Population - Baleshwar, Orissa

Tentulia is a medium size village located in Berhampur Block of Baleshwar district, Orissa with total 364 families residing. The Tentulia village has population of 1304 of which 663 are males while 641 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tentulia village population of children with age 0-6 is 169 which makes up 12.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tentulia village is 967 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Tentulia as per census is 742, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Tentulia village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Tentulia village was 64.58 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Tentulia Male literacy stands at 76.15 % while female literacy rate was 53.08 %.

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 364 - -
Population 1,304 663 641
Child (0-6) 169 97 72
Schedule Caste 375 193 182
Schedule Tribe 638 317 321
Literacy 64.58 % 76.15 % 53.08 %
Total Workers 671 416 255
Main Worker 257 - -
Marginal Worker 414 188 226

Caste Factor

In Tentulia village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 48.93 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 28.76 % of total population in Tentulia village.

Work Profile

In Tentulia village out of total population, 671 were engaged in work activities. 38.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 671 workers engaged in Main Work, 98 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.