# Tentulia Village, Kandi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Kandi, Murshidabad 

# Tentulia

Tentulia is a village in Kandi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,703 people in 332 households**, the 45th largest of 84 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 1,703people (2011)
- 332households
- 59.3%literacy
- 909females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tentulia

Of every 100 households in Tentulia in 2011, 16 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Tentulia · ■ Kandi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**13%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**92%

Use banking services ****14%**

**42%

Television ****11%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Tentulia?

■ Tentulia · ■ Kandi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.3%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****909**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1016**

**963

Working population ****35.0%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.4% for men and 52.4% for women. 62% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 6 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 20 (3%) · **■** Other work 8 (1%) · **■** Marginal 562 (94%)

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 Kandi

- Madarhati1,764 people
- Brahmanpara1,760 people
- Kalyanpur1,753 people
- Chandanagar1,745 people
- Bhtpara Palasi1,637 people
- Lakshmikantapur1,602 people
- Rudrabati1,548 people
- Gopalnagar1,512 people

[All 93 villages in Kandi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/kandi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tentulia?1,703 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tentulia in?Murshidabad district (Kandi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tentulia?59.3% (Census 2011)