# Kantabani Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Kantabani

Kantabani is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **774 people in 162 households**, the 79th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 774people (2011)
- 162households
- 72.3%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kantabani

Of every 100 households in Kantabani in 2011, 31 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kantabani · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**67%

Use banking services ****36%**

**43%

Television ****20%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.3%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****678**

**908

Working population ****32.6%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.8% for men and 60.3% for women. 55% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 98 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 66 (26%) · **■** Household industry 5 (2%) · **■** Other work 67 (27%) · **■** Marginal 16 (6%)

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 Gangajalghati

- Hadalbani838 people
- Bara Lachhipur837 people
- Arbetal808 people
- Garjuria779 people
- Jenadihi769 people
- Chururi767 people
- Madhabpur766 people
- Malkonra758 people

[All 165 villages in Gangajalghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/gangajalghati/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kantabani?774 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kantabani in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kantabani?72.3% (Census 2011)