# Tanasi Village, Arsha, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Arsha, Puruliya 

# Tanasi

Tanasi is a village in Arsha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,046 people in 176 households**, the 54th largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 25.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.8%.

- 1,046people (2011)
- 176households
- 25.6%literacy
- 1,004females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tanasi

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

■ Tanasi · ■ Arsha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**95%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**4%

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

**0%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****36%**

**50%

Television ****0%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****7%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****63%**

**31%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Tanasi?

■ Tanasi · ■ Arsha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****25.6%**

**54.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1004**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1047**

**987

Working population ****51.8%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 36.2% for men and 14.8% for women. 52% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 183 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 1 (0%) · **■** Marginal 352 (65%)

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 Arsha

- Dhanara1,280 people
- Rugri1,235 people
- Torang1,148 people
- Jaratanr1,062 people
- Thakursima Alias Simbhua1,006 people
- Sadpuara976 people
- Ramjibanpur941 people
- Birchali937 people

[All 96 villages in Arsha](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/arsha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tanasi?1,046 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tanasi in?Puruliya district (Arsha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tanasi?25.6% (Census 2011)