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

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Tentulmuri

Tentulmuri is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,491 people in 312 households**, the 30th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 1,491people (2011)
- 312households
- 87.0%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tentulmuri

Of every 100 households in Tentulmuri in 2011, 64 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tentulmuri · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**51%

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

**94%

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

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**15%

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

**2%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****37%**

**43%

Television ****29%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Tentulmuri?

■ Tentulmuri · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.0%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1059**

**956

Working population ****35.0%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.8% for men and 80.1% for women. 59% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 28 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 88 (17%) · **■** Household industry 11 (2%) · **■** Other work 315 (60%) · **■** Marginal 80 (15%)

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

- Raipur1,608 people
- Baguran Jalpai1,573 people
- Krishna Khayartibar1,521 people
- Pania1,497 people
- Barbarya1,352 people
- Uttarkhasda1,315 people
- Band Gobindapur1,311 people
- Sahajadapur1,291 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 Tentulmuri?1,491 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tentulmuri in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tentulmuri?87.0% (Census 2011)