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

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Village · Arsha, Puruliya 

# Tenyasi

Tenyasi is a village in Arsha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,927 people in 384 households**, the 29th largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.8%.

- 1,927people (2011)
- 384households
- 56.6%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tenyasi

Of every 100 households in Tenyasi in 2011, 27 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tenyasi · ■ Arsha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**4%

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

**0%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****60%**

**50%

Television ****7%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**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 Tenyasi?

■ Tenyasi · ■ Arsha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.6%**

**54.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****779**

**987

Working population ****52.5%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.8% for men and 45.0% for women. 54% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 241 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 190 (19%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 75 (7%) · **■** Marginal 503 (50%)

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

- Korang2,191 people
- Baram2,129 people
- Kumirdiha1,961 people
- Ulugariya1,953 people
- Hetjari1,915 people
- Karandi1,910 people
- Kantadi1,845 people
- Mankiari1,784 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tenyasi?1,927 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tenyasi in?Puruliya district (Arsha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tenyasi?56.6% (Census 2011)