# Tentularakh Village, Saltora, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Saltora, Bankura 

# Tentularakh

Tentularakh is a village in Saltora sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,474 people in 279 households**, the 25th largest of 145 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 61.5%.

- 1,474people (2011)
- 279households
- 62.4%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tentularakh

Of every 100 households in Tentularakh in 2011, 39 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tentularakh · ■ Saltora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**66%

Use banking services ****51%**

**45%

Television ****22%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**36%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Tentularakh?

■ Tentularakh · ■ Saltora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.4%**

**61.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****902**

**939

Working population ****44.3%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.1% for men and 49.4% for women. 60% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 138 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (2%) · **■** Household industry 111 (17%) · **■** Other work 94 (14%) · **■** Marginal 295 (45%)

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 Saltora

- Jhanka1,652 people
- Udaypur1,649 people
- Shalroha1,552 people
- Rautara1,551 people
- Dhekia1,473 people
- Kastara1,461 people
- Kamalhir1,459 people
- Nimra1,445 people

[All 157 villages in Saltora](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/saltora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tentularakh?1,474 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tentularakh in?Bankura district (Saltora sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tentularakh?62.4% (Census 2011)