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Kantari Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Kantari is a medium size village located in Dubrajpur Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 350 families residing. The Kantari village has population of 1568 of which 773 are males while 795 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kantari village population of children with age 0-6 is 213 which makes up 13.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kantari village is 1028 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kantari as per census is 1088, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kantari village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kantari village was 65.17 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kantari Male literacy stands at 70.64 % while female literacy rate was 59.80 %.

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

Kantari Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 350 - -
Population 1,568 773 795
Child (0-6) 213 102 111
Schedule Caste 514 263 251
Schedule Tribe 2 2 0
Literacy 65.17 % 70.64 % 59.80 %
Total Workers 439 402 37
Main Worker 324 - -
Marginal Worker 115 90 25

Caste Factor

Kantari village of Birbhum has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.78 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.13 % of total population in Kantari village.

Work Profile

In Kantari village out of total population, 439 were engaged in work activities. 73.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 439 workers engaged in Main Work, 48 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 251 were Agricultural labourer.