# Tenuwa Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Tenuwa

Tenuwa is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,224 people in 214 households**, the 110th largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 1,224people (2011)
- 214households
- 61.8%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tenuwa

Of every 100 households in Tenuwa in 2011, 12 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tenuwa · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**78%

Tap water ****70%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**85%

Use banking services ****64%**

**83%

Television ****10%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****25%**

**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 Tenuwa?

■ Tenuwa · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.8%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**902

Working population ****42.3%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.8% for men and 50.4% for women. 53% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 64 (12%) · **■** Marginal 451 (87%)

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

- Darghat1,303 people
- Bahilpar1,297 people
- Chaparhat1,276 people
- Sathipar1,233 people
- Telaura1,221 people
- Ujikhore1,221 people
- Siar1,219 people
- Sisai1,219 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tenuwa?1,224 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tenuwa in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Tenuwa?61.8% (Census 2011)