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Kantabani Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Kantabani is a medium size village located in Para Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 94 families residing. The Kantabani village has population of 494 of which 254 are males while 240 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kantabani village population of children with age 0-6 is 56 which makes up 11.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kantabani village is 945 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kantabani as per census is 750, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kantabani village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kantabani village was 71.00 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kantabani Male literacy stands at 84.23 % while female literacy rate was 57.41 %.

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

Kantabani Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 94 - -
Population 494 254 240
Child (0-6) 56 32 24
Schedule Caste 173 94 79
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.00 % 84.23 % 57.41 %
Total Workers 135 133 2
Main Worker 119 - -
Marginal Worker 16 15 1

Caste Factor

In Kantabani village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.02 % of total population in Kantabani village. The village Kantabani currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kantabani village out of total population, 135 were engaged in work activities. 88.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 135 workers engaged in Main Work, 45 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 27 were Agricultural labourer.