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About Tenda Village

Tenda is a small village in Goilkera tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 161, made up of 84 males and 77 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 152.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tenda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tenda village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil Goilkera
Pincode 833103
Area (hectares) 152.73 hectares
Population 161
Male Population 84
Female Population 77
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 917
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Tenda compares

By the 2011 count Tenda is the 100th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 698 residents. Its 152.73 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Tenda

Tenda is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Tenda as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Tenda from other places

Tenda lies about 40 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Derowan, about 11 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Tenda
Nearest railway station Derowan 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Goilkera 15 km
District headquarters Pashchimi Singhbhum 40 km
Nearest town Chakradharpur 41 km

Villages closest to Tenda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Goilkera tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Tenda

As per the Census of India 2011, Tenda village had a population of 161. That makes it the 100th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 698 residents.

Tenda village has 84 males and 77 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tenda has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Tenda is 833103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tenda covers 152.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Tenda falls under Goilkera tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Tenda is Derowan, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Tenda.

Tenda is about 40 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tenda is in Goilkera tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Derowan is about 11 km away. Goilkera is about 15 km away. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kudada (2.1 km), Behra (2.2 km) and Bhaktauli (2.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Tenda today is likely to be higher.

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