Tandu Population - Jalpaiguri, West Bengal

Tandu is a medium size village located in Nagrakata Block of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal with total 63 families residing. The Tandu village has population of 298 of which 162 are males while 136 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tandu village population of children with age 0-6 is 42 which makes up 14.09 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tandu village is 840 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Tandu as per census is 750, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Tandu village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Tandu village was 50.00 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Tandu Male literacy stands at 47.10 % while female literacy rate was 53.39 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Tandu village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Tandu village.

Tandu Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	63	-	-
Population	298	162	136
Child (0-6)	42	24	18
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	124	69	55
Literacy	50.00 %	47.10 %	53.39 %
Total Workers	86	84	2
Main Worker	45	-	-
Marginal Worker	41	40	1

Caste Factor

In Tandu village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 41.61 % of total population in Tandu village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Tandu village of Jalpaiguri.

Work Profile

In Tandu village out of total population, 86 were engaged in work activities. 52.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 86 workers engaged in Main Work, 43 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.