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Kantadarja Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Kantadarja is a medium size village located in Daspur - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 296 families residing. The Kantadarja village has population of 1500 of which 767 are males while 733 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kantadarja village population of children with age 0-6 is 164 which makes up 10.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kantadarja village is 956 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kantadarja as per census is 1000, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kantadarja village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kantadarja village was 86.30 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kantadarja Male literacy stands at 94.01 % while female literacy rate was 78.19 %.

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

Kantadarja Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 296 - -
Population 1,500 767 733
Child (0-6) 164 82 82
Schedule Caste 720 380 340
Schedule Tribe 15 7 8
Literacy 86.30 % 94.01 % 78.19 %
Total Workers 649 517 132
Main Worker 567 - -
Marginal Worker 82 16 66

Caste Factor

In Kantadarja village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 48.00 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.00 % of total population in Kantadarja village.

Work Profile

In Kantadarja village out of total population, 649 were engaged in work activities. 87.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 649 workers engaged in Main Work, 358 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 65 were Agricultural labourer.