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

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Village · Arsha, Puruliya 

# Tumba

Tumba is a village in Arsha sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,679 people in 307 households**, the 35th largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.8%.

- 1,679people (2011)
- 307households
- 63.6%literacy
- 1,011females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tumba

Of every 100 households in Tumba in 2011, 28 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Tumba · ■ Arsha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**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 ****22%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**31%

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 Tumba?

■ Tumba · ■ Arsha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.6%**

**54.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1011**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1168**

**987

Working population ****40.4%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.4% for men and 45.5% for women. 56% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 290 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 82 (12%) · **■** Household industry 74 (11%) · **■** Other work 84 (12%) · **■** Marginal 149 (22%)

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

- Karandi1,910 people
- Kantadi1,845 people
- Mankiari1,784 people
- Salaidahar1,719 people
- Nunya1,648 people
- Goradag1,603 people
- Senabana1,603 people
- Lachhamanpur1,576 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tumba?1,679 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tumba in?Puruliya district (Arsha sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tumba?63.6% (Census 2011)