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Kantaban Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Kantaban is a medium size village located in Gangarampur Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 188 families residing. The Kantaban village has population of 887 of which 438 are males while 449 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kantaban village population of children with age 0-6 is 80 which makes up 9.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kantaban village is 1025 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kantaban as per census is 1000, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kantaban village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kantaban village was 58.86 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kantaban Male literacy stands at 64.07 % while female literacy rate was 53.79 %.

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

Kantaban Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 188 - -
Population 887 438 449
Child (0-6) 80 40 40
Schedule Caste 212 98 114
Schedule Tribe 219 104 115
Literacy 58.86 % 64.07 % 53.79 %
Total Workers 430 253 177
Main Worker 361 - -
Marginal Worker 69 19 50

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 24.69 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 23.90 % of total population in Kantaban village.

Work Profile

In Kantaban village out of total population, 430 were engaged in work activities. 83.95 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.05 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 430 workers engaged in Main Work, 218 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 91 were Agricultural labourer.