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Kantia Population - Banka, Bihar

Kantia is a medium size village located in Belhar Block of Banka district, Bihar with total 95 families residing. The Kantia village has population of 436 of which 239 are males while 197 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kantia village population of children with age 0-6 is 93 which makes up 21.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kantia village is 824 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Kantia as per census is 661, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Kantia village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Kantia village was 61.22 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Kantia Male literacy stands at 74.32 % while female literacy rate was 46.25 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kantia 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 Kantia village.

Kantia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 95 - -
Population 436 239 197
Child (0-6) 93 56 37
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 61.22 % 74.32 % 46.25 %
Total Workers 212 110 102
Main Worker 67 - -
Marginal Worker 145 44 101

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Kantia village of Banka district.

Work Profile

In Kantia village out of total population, 212 were engaged in work activities. 31.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 68.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 212 workers engaged in Main Work, 64 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.