# Tanthua Village, Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Tanthua

Tanthua is a village in Keshpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **417 people in 93 households**, the 274th largest of 570 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 417people (2011)
- 93households
- 67.3%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tanthua

Of every 100 households in Tanthua in 2011, 99 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Tanthua · ■ Keshpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**56%

Tap water ****1%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****96%**

**58%

Television ****23%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Tanthua?

■ Tanthua · ■ Keshpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.3%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1444**

**960

Working population ****36.7%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.7% for men and 60.0% for women. 67% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 77 (50%) · **■** Farm labourers 69 (45%) · **■** Other work 4 (3%) · **■** Marginal 3 (2%)

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 Keshpur

- Sakhisol422 people
- Jambani420 people
- Brahman Gerya419 people
- Hatkata417 people
- Gaighata416 people
- Jagannathpur Kismat415 people
- Keshur Gerya414 people
- Teghara414 people

[All 634 villages in Keshpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/keshpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tanthua?417 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tanthua in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tanthua?67.3% (Census 2011)