Tentulia is a village in Basta mandal, Baleshwar district, Odisha. With a population of 741 across 154 households, it has a literacy rate of 74.1% and is located at coordinates 21.568°N, 86.677°E.
By population, Tentulia ranks #84 of 353 villages in Basta mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tentulia is a village of 741 people in 154 households (Census 2011) in Basta block, Baleshwar district, Odisha, the 84th-largest of 353 villages in Basta block. Literacy is 74%, 5 points above the block average of 69% and the sex ratio is 997 women per 1,000 men. It lies 144 km from the Baleshwar district centre, 24 km from Nilgiri Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 756029, served by Basta post office; the LGD village code is 392362. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Sainkula, 5 km away. The sarpanch is ANAPURNA SENAPATI, and the village votes in Sukinda assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pradeep Bal Samanta. The population is estimated at 874 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kulida →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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