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Kantasi Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Kantasi is a medium size village located in Kotulpur Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 124 families residing. The Kantasi village has population of 560 of which 286 are males while 274 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kantasi village population of children with age 0-6 is 62 which makes up 11.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kantasi village is 958 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kantasi as per census is 1214, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kantasi village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kantasi village was 79.72 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kantasi Male literacy stands at 86.05 % while female literacy rate was 72.92 %.

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

Kantasi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 124 - -
Population 560 286 274
Child (0-6) 62 28 34
Schedule Caste 162 85 77
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.72 % 86.05 % 72.92 %
Total Workers 280 197 83
Main Worker 171 - -
Marginal Worker 109 51 58

Caste Factor

Kantasi village of Bankura has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 28.93 % of total population in Kantasi village. The village Kantasi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kantasi village out of total population, 280 were engaged in work activities. 61.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 280 workers engaged in Main Work, 38 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 60 were Agricultural labourer.