# Kantasi Village, Kotulpur, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Kotulpur, Bankura 

# Kantasi

Kantasi is a village in Kotulpur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **560 people in 124 households**, the 95th largest of 165 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.6%.

- 560people (2011)
- 124households
- 79.7%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kantasi

Of every 100 households in Kantasi in 2011, 57 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kantasi · ■ Kotulpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**60%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**28%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**81%

Use banking services ****57%**

**65%

Television ****29%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**11%

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 Kantasi?

■ Kantasi · ■ Kotulpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.7%**

**77.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1214**

**969

Working population ****50.0%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.0% for men and 72.9% for women. 69% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 38 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 60 (21%) · **■** Other work 73 (26%) · **■** Marginal 109 (39%)

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 Kotulpur

- Jaykrishnapur591 people
- Paschim Balarampur588 people
- Matiari585 people
- Dingal565 people
- Lalki537 people
- Hasandanga533 people
- Padma532 people
- Baidanga524 people

[All 169 villages in Kotulpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/kotulpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kantasi?560 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kantasi in?Bankura district (Kotulpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kantasi?79.7% (Census 2011)