# Kanta Band Village, Barjora, Bankura (West Bengal)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/barjora/kanta-band/

Village · Barjora, Bankura 

# Kanta Band

Kanta Band is a village in Barjora sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **546 people in 118 households**, the 111th largest of 182 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 546people (2011)
- 118households
- 67.2%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanta Band

Of every 100 households in Kanta Band in 2011, 55 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanta Band · ■ Barjora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****55%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****24%**

**65%

Use banking services ****58%**

**60%

Television ****34%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**20%

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 Kanta Band?

■ Kanta Band · ■ Barjora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.2%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1370**

**943

Working population ****60.1%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.9% for men and 55.1% for women. 70% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 51 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 30 (9%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 72 (22%) · **■** Marginal 173 (53%)

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 Barjora

- Pataspur573 people
- Methena572 people
- Metia Narayanpur550 people
- Srikrishnapur547 people
- Bankurardanga538 people
- Gosainpur535 people
- Jharia532 people
- Saluka517 people

[All 198 villages in Barjora](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/barjora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanta Band?546 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanta Band in?Bankura district (Barjora sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanta Band?67.2% (Census 2011)