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Kantakhali Population - North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Kantakhali is a medium size village located in Hasnabad Block of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 274 families residing. The Kantakhali village has population of 1155 of which 544 are males while 611 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kantakhali village population of children with age 0-6 is 137 which makes up 11.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kantakhali village is 1123 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kantakhali as per census is 1915, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kantakhali village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kantakhali village was 56.19 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kantakhali Male literacy stands at 61.97 % while female literacy rate was 50.67 %.

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

Kantakhali Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 274 - -
Population 1,155 544 611
Child (0-6) 137 47 90
Schedule Caste 27 11 16
Schedule Tribe 6 2 4
Literacy 56.19 % 61.97 % 50.67 %
Total Workers 676 375 301
Main Worker 669 - -
Marginal Worker 7 3 4

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.34 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.52 % of total population in Kantakhali village.

Work Profile

In Kantakhali village out of total population, 676 were engaged in work activities. 98.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 676 workers engaged in Main Work, 16 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 24 were Agricultural labourer.