The title means "Three Girls", and the film's original Indian release contained three stories.

[1] However, the international release of the film contained only two stories, missing the second ("Monihara: The Lost Jewels").

[2] The Academy Film Archive preserved the international version of Teen Kanya in 1996.

Nandalal, a city bred young man, is like a fish out of water in the village.

Ratan is hurt when Nandalal offers her some money as a tip for her services.

[4] Near an abandoned mansion, the village schoolteacher (Gobinda Chakravarti) recounts a story to a hooded man.

It seems that the house was inhabited by a man Phanibhusan (Kali Banerjee) and his wife Manimalika (Kanika Majumdar).

When the husband is away to raise money, she calls her cousin to escort her to her parents' house.

After a series of such incidents, he finds himself facing the ghost of his wife, a black silhouetted figure.

The black figure, still wearing gold bangles, charges to grab the jewel box with a horrible laugh.

After listening to the tale, the hooded man says that he has enjoyed the story, but it has many errors.

[6] Amulya (Soumitra Chatterjee) is returning to his village after passing his exams in Calcutta to spend some time with his widowed mother.

Much against his wishes, he goes to visit the girl in a nearby village, carrying an umbrella and wearing shining shoes.

As he sets out to walk back to his village, he finds one of his missing shoes in the mud path.