# Kanthipur Village, Karwi, Chitrakoot (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Karwi, Chitrakoot 

# Kanthipur

Kanthipur is a village in Karwi sub-district of Chitrakoot district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,964 people in 343 households**, the 104th largest of 387 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.0%.

- 1,964people (2011)
- 343households
- 64.8%literacy
- 888females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanthipur

Of every 100 households in Kanthipur in 2011, 34 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanthipur · ■ Karwi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**11%

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

**3%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****60%**

**69%

Television ****6%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kanthipur?

■ Kanthipur · ■ Karwi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.8%**

**63.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****888**

**873

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****795**

**907

Working population ****34.9%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.8% for men and 50.5% for women. 44% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 324 (47%) · **■** Farm labourers 215 (31%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 83 (12%) · **■** Marginal 58 (8%)

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 Karwi

- Bhamai1,995 people
- Taura1,989 people
- Bara Mafi1,985 people
- Nahara1,984 people
- Bir Ghumai Gangu Bangar1,952 people
- Titihara1,946 people
- Mirzapur1,944 people
- Itkhari1,936 people

[All 441 villages in Karwi](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/chitrakoot/karwi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanthipur?1,964 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanthipur in?Chitrakoot district (Karwi sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kanthipur?64.8% (Census 2011)