# Tamna Village, Purulia - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Tamna

Tamna is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,444 people in 276 households**, the 34th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 1,444people (2011)
- 276households
- 63.0%literacy
- 954females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tamna

Of every 100 households in Tamna in 2011, 36 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tamna · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**84%

Use banking services ****92%**

**44%

Television ****19%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Tamna?

■ Tamna · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.0%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****954**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****909**

**934

Working population ****49.4%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.6% for men and 44.6% for women. 52% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 52 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 26 (4%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 155 (22%) · **■** Marginal 469 (66%)

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 Purulia - I

- Pichasi1,614 people
- Kukurgarya1,533 people
- Banshra1,457 people
- Hulka1,447 people
- Baghudi1,440 people
- Gopladi1,416 people
- Digshili1,348 people
- Chainpur Alias Turuhulu1,332 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tamna?1,444 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tamna in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tamna?63.0% (Census 2011)