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Kantul Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Kantul is a medium size village located in Polba - Dadpur Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 253 families residing. The Kantul village has population of 1041 of which 532 are males while 509 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kantul village population of children with age 0-6 is 93 which makes up 8.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kantul village is 957 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kantul as per census is 1447, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kantul village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kantul village was 72.57 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kantul Male literacy stands at 80.36 % while female literacy rate was 64.10 %.

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

Kantul Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 253 - -
Population 1,041 532 509
Child (0-6) 93 38 55
Schedule Caste 462 236 226
Schedule Tribe 8 6 2
Literacy 72.57 % 80.36 % 64.10 %
Total Workers 519 342 177
Main Worker 491 - -
Marginal Worker 28 22 6

Caste Factor

In Kantul village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.38 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.77 % of total population in Kantul village.

Work Profile

In Kantul village out of total population, 519 were engaged in work activities. 94.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 519 workers engaged in Main Work, 61 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 321 were Agricultural labourer.