# Upper Tendu Forest Village, Nagrakata – Population & Literacy

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Village · Nagrakata, Jalpaiguri 

# Upper Tendu Forest

Upper Tendu Forest is a village in Nagrakata sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,384 people in 305 households**, the 28th largest of 33 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 61.3%.

- 1,384people (2011)
- 305households
- 71.2%literacy
- 922females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Upper Tendu Forest

Of every 100 households in Upper Tendu Forest in 2011, 34 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Upper Tendu Forest · ■ Nagrakata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****60%**

**77%

Tap water ****1%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**27%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****16%**

**34%

Television ****9%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****60%**

**45%

Own their home ****97%**

**58%

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 Upper Tendu Forest?

■ Upper Tendu Forest · ■ Nagrakata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.2%**

**61.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**986

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****909**

**970

Working population ****32.8%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.5% for men and 60.1% for women. 55% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 51 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 179 (39%) · **■** Marginal 217 (48%)

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 Nagrakata

- Chhar Tandu2,257 people
- Kalabari2,193 people
- Uttar Nunkhawa Danga2,017 people
- Ghasmari1,687 people
- Upar Kalabari1,354 people
- Tandu Tea Garden1,173 people
- Nagrakata356 people
- Tandu298 people

[All 34 villages in Nagrakata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/nagrakata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Upper Tendu Forest?1,384 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Upper Tendu Forest in?Jalpaiguri district (Nagrakata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Upper Tendu Forest?71.2% (Census 2011)