# Tentlo Village, Balarampur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Balarampur, Puruliya 

# Tentlo

Tentlo is a village in Balarampur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,994 people in 548 households**, the 4th largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 2,994people (2011)
- 548households
- 64.3%literacy
- 913females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tentlo

Of every 100 households in Tentlo in 2011, 32 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Tentlo · ■ Balarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**97%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**89%

Use banking services ****34%**

**39%

Television ****14%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 Tentlo?

■ Tentlo · ■ Balarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.3%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****913**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****932**

**939

Working population ****28.6%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.2% for men and 45.6% for women. 49% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 71 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (1%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 483 (56%) · **■** Marginal 291 (34%)

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 Balarampur

- Genrua6,454 people
- Baraurmma3,731 people
- Bela3,436 people
- Namshol2,849 people
- Dabha2,841 people
- Darda2,619 people
- Malti2,597 people

[All 90 villages in Balarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/balarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tentlo?2,994 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tentlo in?Puruliya district (Balarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tentlo?64.3% (Census 2011)