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Tentulia Population - Puri, Orissa

Tentulia is a medium size village located in Kakatpur Block of Puri district, Orissa with total 185 families residing. The Tentulia village has population of 764 of which 400 are males while 364 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tentulia village population of children with age 0-6 is 61 which makes up 7.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tentulia village is 910 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Tentulia as per census is 743, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Tentulia village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Tentulia village was 78.38 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Tentulia Male literacy stands at 88.49 % while female literacy rate was 67.46 %.

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 185 - -
Population 764 400 364
Child (0-6) 61 35 26
Schedule Caste 394 212 182
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.38 % 88.49 % 67.46 %
Total Workers 326 225 101
Main Worker 235 - -
Marginal Worker 91 28 63

Caste Factor

In Tentulia village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 51.57 % of total population in Tentulia village. The village Tentulia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Tentulia village out of total population, 326 were engaged in work activities. 72.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 326 workers engaged in Main Work, 161 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 46 were Agricultural labourer.