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Kanthail Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Kanthail is a small village located in Kushmundi Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 35 families residing. The Kanthail village has population of 173 of which 91 are males while 82 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanthail village population of children with age 0-6 is 31 which makes up 17.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanthail village is 901 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanthail as per census is 938, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kanthail village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanthail village was 55.63 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kanthail Male literacy stands at 61.33 % while female literacy rate was 49.25 %.

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

Kanthail Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 35 - -
Population 173 91 82
Child (0-6) 31 16 15
Schedule Caste 10 5 5
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 55.63 % 61.33 % 49.25 %
Total Workers 89 48 41
Main Worker 45 - -
Marginal Worker 44 9 35

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.78 % of total population in Kanthail village. The village Kanthail currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kanthail village out of total population, 89 were engaged in work activities. 50.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 89 workers engaged in Main Work, 30 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.