# 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 **878 people in 197 households**, the 53rd largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 878people (2011)
- 197households
- 62.9%literacy
- 1,071females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tanasi

Of every 100 households in Tanasi in 2011, 20 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Tanasi · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**27%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****87%**

**39%

Television ****5%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**25%

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 Tanasi?

■ Tanasi · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.9%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1071**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1333**

**946

Working population ****33.6%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.8% for men and 52.5% for women. 47% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 41 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 31 (11%) · **■** Household industry 10 (3%) · **■** Other work 38 (13%) · **■** Marginal 175 (59%)

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

- Durgi917 people
- Turdag912 people
- Tanasi903 people
- Madhupur902 people
- Saramba871 people
- Bara Ganta870 people
- Nutandi864 people
- Chaupad861 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?878 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tanasi in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tanasi?62.9% (Census 2011)