# Tenua Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Tenua

Tenua is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,270 people in 331 households**, the 35th largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 2,270people (2011)
- 331households
- 76.3%literacy
- 914females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tenua

Of every 100 households in Tenua in 2011, 30 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Tenua · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**78%

Tap water ****57%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****68%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**85%

Use banking services ****76%**

**83%

Television ****26%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****8%**

**8%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Tenua?

■ Tenua · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.3%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****914**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****918**

**902

Working population ****24.8%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.7% for men and 63.8% for women. 43% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 172 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 32 (6%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 220 (39%) · **■** Marginal 130 (23%)

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 Sahjanwa

- Bhakasa2,415 people
- Semradanri2,370 people
- Bijauwa2,364 people
- Kandrai2,319 people
- Mahuapar Khas2,254 people
- Kharaila2,237 people
- Newas2,235 people
- Goredih Khas2,232 people

[All 347 villages in Sahjanwa](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/sahjanwa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tenua?2,270 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tenua in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Tenua?76.3% (Census 2011)