# Kantabila Village, Majhgaon, Pashchimi Singhbhum (Jharkhand)

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Village · Majhgaon, Pashchimi Singhbhum 

# Kantabila

Kantabila is a village in Majhgaon sub-district of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, PIN code **833214**. The 2011 Census counted **1,486 people in 305 households**, the 13th largest of 88 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 52.0%.

- 1,486people (2011)
- 305households
- 49.4%literacy
- 833214PIN code

## Kantabila PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kantabila is 833214.** Kantabila falls in Majhgaon sub-district, Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand.

- PIN code833214
- Gram panchayatAsan Pat
- Community development blockMajhgaon
- Census village code378526

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Kantabila from nearby towns?

- Majhgaon (sub-district HQ)23 km by road
- Chaibasa (district HQ)66 km by road
- Chaibasa (nearest town)66 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Kantabila?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Kantabila; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Majhgaon
- ○Degree college10+ km · Chaibasa
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chaibasa
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)5 h summer · 4 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kantabila known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 82% of the 337 hectares of village land is sown, and 1 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Kantabila

Of every 100 households in Kantabila in 2011, 89 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 1 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kantabila · ■ Majhgaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****89%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**100%

Use banking services ****17%**

**24%

Television ****0%**

**4%

Mobile phone ****1%**

**15%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**38%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Kantabila?

■ Kantabila · ■ Majhgaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.4%**

**52.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1003**

**1024

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****864**

**998

Working population ****63.2%**

**54.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.4% for men and 37.0% for women. 61% of men and 65% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 31 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 23 (2%) · **■** Marginal 879 (94%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Majhgaon

- Kanka1,770 people
- Balibandh1,558 people
- Asan Pat1,490 people
- Tarapai1,490 people
- Gurgawn1,447 people
- Punduaburu1,421 people
- Nawaganw1,302 people
- Sarda1,250 people

[All 88 villages in Majhgaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/pashchimi-singhbhum/majhgaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kantabila?833214
- How far is Kantabila from Chaibasa?66 km by road
- What is the population of Kantabila?1,486 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kantabila in?Pashchimi Singhbhum district (Majhgaon sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Kantabila?49.4% (Census 2011)
