# Tenahari Village, Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Tenahari

Tenahari is a village in Raiganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,512 people in 786 households**, the 27th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.8%.

- 3,512people (2011)
- 786households
- 73.4%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tenahari

Of every 100 households in Tenahari in 2011, 52 had electricity, 55 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Tenahari · ■ Raiganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****55%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****43%**

**67%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****90%**

**72%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**92%

Use banking services ****28%**

**24%

Television ****28%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**21%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Tenahari?

■ Tenahari · ■ Raiganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.4%**

**62.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****950**

**939

Working population ****37.1%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.0% for men and 65.4% for women. 56% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 295 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 334 (26%) · **■** Household industry 14 (1%) · **■** Other work 242 (19%) · **■** Marginal 417 (32%)

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 Raiganj

- Bogram3,983 people
- Kachimuha3,972 people
- Gobindapur3,690 people
- Udaypur3,690 people
- Lohanda3,511 people
- Piplan3,502 people
- Bhitihar3,501 people
- Maharajpur3,441 people

[All 222 villages in Raiganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/raiganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tenahari?3,512 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tenahari in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Raiganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tenahari?73.4% (Census 2011)