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

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Tengra

Tengra is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,654 people in 618 households**, the 41st largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 2,654people (2011)
- 618households
- 78.2%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tengra

Of every 100 households in Tengra in 2011, 39 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Tengra · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**3%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****84%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**6%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****39%**

**47%

Television ****18%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****23%**

**17%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.2%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****940**

**965

Working population ****37.8%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.7% for men and 73.5% for women. 62% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 175 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 486 (49%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 277 (28%) · **■** Marginal 53 (5%)

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 Gaighata

- Manikhira2,898 people
- Ambaula2,794 people
- Bhaduria2,793 people
- Ganti2,775 people
- Gazipur2,653 people
- Charuigachhi2,548 people
- Kahankia2,391 people
- Gadadharpur2,380 people

[All 100 villages in Gaighata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/gaighata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tengra?2,654 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tengra in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tengra?78.2% (Census 2011)