# Kantaur Village, Kasganj, Kanshiram Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Kasganj, Kanshiram Nagar 

# Kantaur

Kantaur is a village in Kasganj sub-district of Kanshiram Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **6,124 people in 982 households**, the 4th largest of 224 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 59.6%.

- 6,124people (2011)
- 982households
- 70.2%literacy
- 881females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kantaur

Of every 100 households in Kantaur in 2011, 18 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kantaur · ■ Kasganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**12%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**90%

Tap water ****11%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**96%

Use banking services ****59%**

**60%

Television ****31%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Kantaur?

■ Kantaur · ■ Kasganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.2%**

**59.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****881**

**877

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****833**

**896

Working population ****29.2%**

**32.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.5% for men and 57.5% for women. 47% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 758 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 362 (20%) · **■** Household industry 34 (2%) · **■** Other work 144 (8%) · **■** Marginal 491 (27%)

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 Kasganj

- Manpur Nagria11,000 people
- Panchgai8,868 people
- Nadrai6,407 people
- Fatehpur Kalan6,068 people
- Kadarbari5,976 people
- Laharbarkula5,612 people
- Mohanimamoorganj5,454 people

[All 245 villages in Kasganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kanshiram-nagar/kasganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kantaur?6,124 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kantaur in?Kanshiram Nagar district (Kasganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kantaur?70.2% (Census 2011)