# Kantabani Village, Bankura - II, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Bankura - II, Bankura 

# Kantabani

Kantabani is a village in Bankura - II sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **316 people in 72 households**, the 104th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 316people (2011)
- 72households
- 63.2%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kantabani

Of every 100 households in Kantabani in 2011, 32 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kantabani · ■ Bankura - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

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

**16%

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

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**56%

Use banking services ****56%**

**58%

Television ****14%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****41%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Kantabani?

■ Kantabani · ■ Bankura - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.2%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****679**

**924

Working population ****45.3%**

**37.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.5% for men and 47.8% for women. 58% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 7 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 133 (93%)

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 Bankura - II

- Gouranga Dihi380 people
- Pashchim Ratanpur364 people
- Malin Dasi359 people
- Chhotachaka329 people
- Bankata299 people
- Dhonara298 people
- Man Kanali288 people
- Taldanga286 people

[All 154 villages in Bankura - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/bankura-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kantabani?316 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kantabani in?Bankura district (Bankura - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kantabani?63.2% (Census 2011)