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Kanta Pukuria Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Kanta Pukuria is a medium size village located in Potashpur - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 142 families residing. The Kanta Pukuria village has population of 696 of which 366 are males while 330 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanta Pukuria village population of children with age 0-6 is 66 which makes up 9.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanta Pukuria village is 902 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanta Pukuria as per census is 1357, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kanta Pukuria village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanta Pukuria village was 89.37 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kanta Pukuria Male literacy stands at 94.97 % while female literacy rate was 82.88 %.

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

Kanta Pukuria Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 142 - -
Population 696 366 330
Child (0-6) 66 28 38
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 89.37 % 94.97 % 82.88 %
Total Workers 255 243 12
Main Worker 247 - -
Marginal Worker 8 4 4

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Kanta Pukuria village of Purba Medinipur district.

Work Profile

In Kanta Pukuria village out of total population, 255 were engaged in work activities. 96.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 255 workers engaged in Main Work, 207 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.