Tentulkuli is a

census town In India and some other countries, a census town is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics. India In India, a census town is one which is not statutorily notified and administered as a town, but nevertheless whose population ...

in Domjur CD Block of

Howrah Sadar subdivision Howrah Sadar subdivision is a subdivision of the Howrah district in the state of West Bengal, India. It consists of Howrah municipal corporation and five community development blocs: Bally Jagacha, Domjur, Panchla, Sankrail and Jagatballavpur. Th ...

in Howrah district in the

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n state of

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...

. It is close to

Salap Salap is a census town in Domjur CD Block of Howrah Sadar subdivision in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration. Geography Salap is located at . Demographics As per 2011 Census of Indi ...

and also a part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration.

Geography

Tentulkuli is located at between

and Pakuria.

Demographics

As per

2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

Tentulkuli had a total population of 7,203 of which 3,685 (51%) were males and 3,518 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 655. The total number of literates in Tentulkuli was 5,746 (87.75% of the population over 6 years). Tentulkuli was part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration in 2011 census. India

census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...

, Tentulkuli had a population of 5122. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Tentulkuli has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74% and female literacy is 62%. In Tentulkuli, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Transport

National Highway 16 (part of

Asian Highway 45 AH45 is a route of the National Highway Network of India, running from in Kolkata to Krishnagiri. This route is composed of NH 16 and part of NH 48 from Chennai to Krishnagiri. Route The route shares a large portion of various Indian Natio ...

) passes beside Tentulkuli.

Bus

Private Bus

* 40 Birshibpur -

Serampore Serampore (also called ''Serampur'', ''Srirampur'', ''Srirampore'', ''Shreerampur'', ''Shreerampore'', ''Shrirampur'' or ''Shrirampore'') is a city of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarter of the Srirampor ...

* 79

Panchla Panchla is a census town in Panchla CD Block of Howrah Sadar subdivision in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Panchla is located at . It has an average elevation of 7 metres (22 feet). Demographics As pe ...

- Dunlop Many Shuttle Buses (Without Numbers) also pass through Tentulkuli.

Train

Dansi railway station is the nearest railway station on

Howrah Howrah (, , alternatively spelled as Haora) is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal. Howrah is located on the western bank of the Hooghly River opposite its twin city of Kolkata. Administratively it lies within Howrah district, and is th ...

Amta Amta is a census town in Amta I CD Block in Uluberia subdivision of Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Amta is located at . Demographics As per 2011 Census of India Amta had a total population of 16,699 of which ...

line.

References

{{Howrah District Cities and towns in Howrah district Neighbourhoods in Kolkata Kolkata Metropolitan Area