# Tengunia Village, Contai - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Tengunia

Tengunia is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,669 people in 376 households**, the 22nd largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 1,669people (2011)
- 376households
- 86.7%literacy
- 954females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tengunia

Of every 100 households in Tengunia in 2011, 30 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tengunia · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**51%

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

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**5%

Tap water ****1%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****78%**

**15%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**91%

Use banking services ****61%**

**43%

Television ****15%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**25%

Own their home ****93%**

**96%

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 Tengunia?

■ Tengunia · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.7%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****954**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1151**

**956

Working population ****43.0%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.3% for men and 78.5% for women. 63% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 59 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 225 (31%) · **■** Household industry 17 (2%) · **■** Other work 158 (22%) · **■** Marginal 258 (36%)

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 Contai - I

- Badhie1,742 people
- Dakshin Charai Khia1,738 people
- Mukundapur1,726 people
- Rania1,707 people
- Samudrapur1,653 people
- Junbani1,637 people
- Tajpur1,616 people
- Raipur1,608 people

[All 225 villages in Contai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tengunia?1,669 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tengunia in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tengunia?86.7% (Census 2011)