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

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Village · Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Tenra

Tenra is a village in Raiganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,522 people in 282 households**, the 98th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.8%.

- 1,522people (2011)
- 282households
- 55.5%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tenra

Of every 100 households in Tenra in 2011, 1 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Tenra · ■ Raiganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**67%

Tap water ****7%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**72%

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

**4%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****9%**

**24%

Television ****0%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**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 Tenra?

■ Tenra · ■ Raiganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.5%**

**62.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****969**

**939

Working population ****48.4%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.4% for men and 51.3% for women. 56% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 59 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 266 (36%) · **■** Household industry 19 (3%) · **■** Other work 97 (13%) · **■** Marginal 295 (40%)

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

- Barabar1,580 people
- Ghagra1,578 people
- Paschim Goalgaon1,574 people
- Ital1,535 people
- Uttar Goalpara1,505 people
- Deogan1,502 people
- Bindol1,486 people
- Mahespur1,485 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tenra?1,522 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tenra in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Raiganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Tenra?55.5% (Census 2011)