# Kantari Village, Puraula, Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Puraula, Uttarkashi 

# Kantari

Kantari is a village in Puraula sub-district of Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **777 people in 140 households**, the 8th largest of 83 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.7%.

- 777people (2011)
- 140households
- 63.7%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kantari

Of every 100 households in Kantari in 2011, 81 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kantari · ■ Puraula rural average

Electricity for lighting ****81%**

**83%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**31%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**67%

Tap water ****100%**

**81%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**26%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**73%

Use banking services ****64%**

**88%

Television ****5%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**58%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****55%**

**32%

Own their home ****97%**

**86%

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 Kantari?

■ Kantari · ■ Puraula rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.7%**

**73.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****588**

**940

Working population ****47.9%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.1% for men and 47.6% for women. 46% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 349 (94%) · **■** Other work 14 (4%) · **■** Marginal 9 (2%)

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 Puraula

- Gundiyar Gaon1,253 people
- Hudoli1,142 people
- Bhankoli1,027 people
- Khalari893 people
- Math757 people
- Pora744 people
- Mahargaon735 people
- Sukdala682 people

[All 84 villages in Puraula](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/uttarkashi/puraula/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kantari?777 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kantari in?Uttarkashi district (Puraula sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Kantari?63.7% (Census 2011)