Kantagare Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Kantagare is a medium size village located in Polba - Dadpur Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 163 families residing. The Kantagare village has population of 636 of which 314 are males while 322 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kantagare village population of children with age 0-6 is 49 which makes up 7.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kantagare village is 1025 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kantagare as per census is 1450, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kantagare village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kantagare village was 60.82 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kantagare Male literacy stands at 67.69 % while female literacy rate was 53.92 %.

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

Kantagare Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	163	-	-
Population	636	314	322
Child (0-6)	49	20	29
Schedule Caste	339	165	174
Schedule Tribe	131	65	66
Literacy	60.82 %	67.69 %	53.92 %
Total Workers	425	218	207
Main Worker	164	-	-
Marginal Worker	261	69	192

Caste Factor

In Kantagare village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 53.30 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 20.60 % of total population in Kantagare village.

Work Profile

In Kantagare village out of total population, 425 were engaged in work activities. 38.59 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.41 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 425 workers engaged in Main Work, 139 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.