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Kantadi Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Kantadi is a medium size village located in Arsha Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 332 families residing. The Kantadi village has population of 1845 of which 962 are males while 883 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kantadi village population of children with age 0-6 is 257 which makes up 13.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kantadi village is 918 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kantadi as per census is 836, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kantadi village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kantadi village was 65.43 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kantadi Male literacy stands at 77.98 % while female literacy rate was 51.96 %.

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

Kantadi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 332 - -
Population 1,845 962 883
Child (0-6) 257 140 117
Schedule Caste 517 273 244
Schedule Tribe 581 288 293
Literacy 65.43 % 77.98 % 51.96 %
Total Workers 916 516 400
Main Worker 560 - -
Marginal Worker 356 138 218

Caste Factor

In Kantadi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 31.49 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 28.02 % of total population in Kantadi village.

Work Profile

In Kantadi village out of total population, 916 were engaged in work activities. 61.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 916 workers engaged in Main Work, 359 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 33 were Agricultural labourer.