# Tentultala Village, Minakhan – Population & Literacy

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Village · Minakhan, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Tentultala

Tentultala is a village in Minakhan sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,418 people in 500 households**, the 34th largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.1%.

- 2,418people (2011)
- 500households
- 72.5%literacy
- 982females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tentultala

Of every 100 households in Tentultala in 2011, 40 had electricity, 73 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tentultala · ■ Minakhan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****73%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**14%

Tap water ****2%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**20%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****64%**

**29%

Television ****15%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**44%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Tentultala?

■ Tentultala · ■ Minakhan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.5%**

**71.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****982**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1024**

**961

Working population ****35.4%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.9% for men and 65.0% for women. 57% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 182 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 371 (43%) · **■** Household industry 16 (2%) · **■** Other work 172 (20%) · **■** Marginal 115 (13%)

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 Minakhan

- Muchikhola2,522 people
- Sankardaha2,487 people
- Chanpali2,434 people
- Padmapukuria2,431 people
- Niruli Abad2,372 people
- Uttar Akratala2,368 people
- Goaldaha2,345 people
- Chutkia Radhanagar2,213 people

[All 73 villages in Minakhan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/minakhan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tentultala?2,418 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tentultala in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Minakhan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tentultala?72.5% (Census 2011)