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Kantagerya Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Kantagerya is a medium size village located in Narayangarh Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 103 families residing. The Kantagerya village has population of 471 of which 237 are males while 234 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kantagerya village population of children with age 0-6 is 54 which makes up 11.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kantagerya village is 987 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kantagerya as per census is 1000, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kantagerya village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kantagerya village was 86.57 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kantagerya Male literacy stands at 94.29 % while female literacy rate was 78.74 %.

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 103 - -
Population 471 237 234
Child (0-6) 54 27 27
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 26 12 14
Literacy 86.57 % 94.29 % 78.74 %
Total Workers 160 137 23
Main Worker 68 - -
Marginal Worker 92 74 18

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 5.52 % of total population in Kantagerya village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kantagerya village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Kantagerya village out of total population, 160 were engaged in work activities. 42.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 160 workers engaged in Main Work, 46 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.