# Tenku Village, Kurwai, Vidisha (Madhya Pradesh) – PIN Code

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Village · Kurwai, Vidisha 

# Tenku

Tenku is a village in Kurwai sub-district of Vidisha district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **756 people in 191 households**, the 58th largest of 206 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.5%.

- 756people (2011)
- 191households
- 70.1%literacy
- 848females per 1,000 males

## Tenku PIN code and other codes

Tenku falls in Kurwai sub-district, Vidisha district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockKurwai
- Census village code480950

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Tenku from nearby towns?

- Kurwai (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Vidisha (district HQ)85 km by road
- Kurwai (nearest town)12 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Tenku?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Tenku; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Kurwai
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kurwai
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bhopal
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 10 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Tenku known for?

The main crops are **wheat, soyabean and masoor**. About 92% of the 521 hectares of village land is sown, and 429 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Tenku

Of every 100 households in Tenku in 2011, 66 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tenku · ■ Kurwai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****40%**

**42%

Television ****21%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****53%**

**37%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Tenku?

■ Tenku · ■ Kurwai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.1%**

**73.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****848**

**894

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****839**

**938

Working population ****28.3%**

**36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.8% for men and 56.3% for women. 48% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 87 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 113 (53%) · **■** Other work 11 (5%) · **■** Marginal 3 (1%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Kurwai

- Karmodiya781 people
- Suneti781 people
- Jhagar765 people
- Nah764 people
- Rehkalan753 people
- Khiriya737 people
- Shyampur Gudawal736 people
- Jartoli733 people

[All 226 villages in Kurwai](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/vidisha/kurwai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Tenku from Vidisha?85 km by road
- What is the population of Tenku?756 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tenku in?Vidisha district (Kurwai sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Tenku?70.1% (Census 2011)