# Kanta Pahari Village, Chhatna, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Chhatna, Bankura 

# Kanta Pahari

Kanta Pahari is a village in Chhatna sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **801 people in 171 households**, the 85th largest of 277 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 801people (2011)
- 171households
- 52.2%literacy
- 1,033females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanta Pahari

Of every 100 households in Kanta Pahari in 2011, 34 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanta Pahari · ■ Chhatna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**34%

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

**11%

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

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**9%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****36%**

**80%

Use banking services ****73%**

**68%

Television ****19%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**22%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Pahari?

■ Kanta Pahari · ■ Chhatna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.2%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1033**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1277**

**954

Working population ****45.9%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.4% for men and 40.9% for women. 59% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 12 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 51 (14%) · **■** Other work 101 (27%) · **■** Marginal 204 (55%)

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 Chhatna

- Lakshmishol828 people
- Shirpura826 people
- Kalipur812 people
- Ghar Mora808 people
- Masthol799 people
- Bhelani793 people
- Jalhari780 people
- Antkuria779 people

[All 287 villages in Chhatna](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/chhatna/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanta Pahari?801 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanta Pahari in?Bankura district (Chhatna sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanta Pahari?52.2% (Census 2011)