# Tengra Village, Bongaon – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Tengra

Tengra is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,226 people in 1,085 households**, the 22nd largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 4,226people (2011)
- 1,085households
- 87.1%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tengra

Of every 100 households in Tengra in 2011, 30 had electricity, 75 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Tengra · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****75%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****18%**

**19%

Tap water ****1%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****51%**

**56%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**92%

Use banking services ****27%**

**38%

Television ****22%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****22%**

**22%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Tengra?

■ Tengra · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.1%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****914**

**962

Working population ****42.0%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.0% for men and 81.8% for women. 57% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 166 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 637 (36%) · **■** Household industry 56 (3%) · **■** Other work 371 (21%) · **■** Marginal 545 (31%)

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 Bongaon

- Nakful4,499 people
- Bharatpur4,400 people
- Bhashanpota4,376 people
- Dighari4,241 people
- Santoshpur4,168 people
- Sanakpur4,057 people
- Sabhaipur4,032 people
- Kamdebpur4,011 people

[All 150 villages in Bongaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bongaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tengra?4,226 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tengra in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tengra?87.1% (Census 2011)