Census town · Sundargarh district
Tensa
Tensa is a census town: a place the census counts as urban (5,000+ people, at least three-quarters of male main workers outside farming, 400+ people per km²) but which has no municipal body and is governed as part of a gram panchayat, in Sundargarh district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 4,469 people in 1,125 households, up 5.5% from 4,236 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 4,469
- Literacy
- 81.9%
- Area
- 1.9 km²
- Sub-district
- Lahunipara
- Census town code
- 384964
People and work in Tensa
- Population
- 4,469
- 2,378 male · 2,091 female
- Households
- 1,125
- about 4.0 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 81.9%
- men 87.6% · women 75.5%below urban Sundargarh (85.3%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 879
- below urban Sundargarh (917)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 946
- People per km²
- 2,352
- Scheduled Castes
- 833 (18.6%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 1,535 (34.3%)
What the 1,551 workers did
- Cultivators0 (0.0%)
- Agricultural labourers0 (0.0%)
- Household industry7 (0.5%)
- Other work1,267 (81.7%)
- Marginal workers277 (17.9%)
Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.
Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (district, sub-district and town level).
Population since 1991
Census counts for each decade in which Tensa was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 1.9 km²
- Population class
- Class VI
- Community development block
- Lahunipara
- Annual rainfall
- 1,739.4 mm
- Temperature range
- 9°C to 40°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 500 km by road
- District headquarters
- Sundargarh, 188 km
- Nearest railway station
- Barbil, 49 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Rourkela, 49 km
- Roads
- 14.65 km pucca, 6 km kutcha
- Fire station
- Nearest at Rourkela, 68 km
- Homes with electricity connections
- 825
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 4 (1 government, 3 private)
- Middle schools
- 3 (1 government, 2 private)
- Secondary schools
- 1 (0 government, 1 private)
Health
- Medicine shops
- 4
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 2
Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook: Village and Town Directory (Odisha). The facilities were recorded for the 2011 census (reference year 2009 for most items); many places have changed since.
Other towns in Sundargarh
- Raurkela
- Raurkela
- Rajagangapur
- Sundargarh
- Biramitrapur
- Jalda
- Panposh
- Kuanrmunda
- Hatibandha
- Lathikata
- Banaigarh
- Koida
- O.C.L.
See also: Lahunipara sub-district · People of Sundargarh district
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