# Tanasi Village, Jhalda - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Tanasi

Tanasi is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **903 people in 189 households**, the 51st largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 903people (2011)
- 189households
- 62.8%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tanasi

Of every 100 households in Tanasi in 2011, 5 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tanasi · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**27%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****10%**

**39%

Television ****3%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****55%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Tanasi?

■ Tanasi · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.8%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1133**

**946

Working population ****38.3%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.6% for men and 48.8% for women. 48% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 4 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 13 (4%) · **■** Marginal 321 (93%)

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 Jhalda - I

- Kansra936 people
- Bisiria919 people
- Durgi917 people
- Turdag912 people
- Madhupur902 people
- Tanasi878 people
- Saramba871 people
- Bara Ganta870 people

[All 142 villages in Jhalda - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tanasi?903 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tanasi in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tanasi?62.8% (Census 2011)