# Tentulia Village, Jamboni, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jamboni, Paschim Medinipur 

# Tentulia

Tentulia is a village in Jamboni sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,114 people in 249 households**, the 19th largest of 281 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.6%.

- 1,114people (2011)
- 249households
- 70.6%literacy
- 911females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tentulia

Of every 100 households in Tentulia in 2011, 38 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tentulia · ■ Jamboni rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**89%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**26%

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

**2%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****21%**

**25%

Television ****8%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****7%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**23%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 · ■ Jamboni rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.6%**

**72.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****911**

**965

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****800**

**960

Working population ****48.0%**

**45.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.2% for men and 53.7% for women. 58% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 2 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 17 (3%) · **■** Marginal 515 (96%)

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 Jamboni

- Khamar Para1,253 people
- Kapgari1,225 people
- Noharia1,217 people
- Bara Enyata1,175 people
- Charchaka1,108 people
- Chiya Para1,039 people
- Uttar Barashol1,018 people
- Belda1,003 people

[All 338 villages in Jamboni](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jamboni/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tentulia?1,114 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tentulia in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jamboni sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tentulia?70.6% (Census 2011)