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Kantagerya Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Kantagerya is a medium size village located in Kharagpur - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 206 families residing. The Kantagerya village has population of 866 of which 442 are males while 424 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kantagerya village population of children with age 0-6 is 92 which makes up 10.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kantagerya village is 959 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kantagerya as per census is 704, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kantagerya village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kantagerya village was 72.48 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kantagerya Male literacy stands at 80.93 % while female literacy rate was 63.99 %.

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

Kantagerya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 206 - -
Population 866 442 424
Child (0-6) 92 54 38
Schedule Caste 269 135 134
Schedule Tribe 197 106 91
Literacy 72.48 % 80.93 % 63.99 %
Total Workers 377 254 123
Main Worker 315 - -
Marginal Worker 62 15 47

Caste Factor

Kantagerya village of Paschim Medinipur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.06 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 22.75 % of total population in Kantagerya village.

Work Profile

In Kantagerya village out of total population, 377 were engaged in work activities. 83.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 377 workers engaged in Main Work, 14 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 102 were Agricultural labourer.