# Kanta Ban Village, Patrasayer, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Patrasayer, Bankura 

# Kanta Ban

Kanta Ban is a village in Patrasayer sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,209 people in 903 households**, the 4th largest of 151 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.9%.

- 4,209people (2011)
- 903households
- 69.6%literacy
- 924females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanta Ban

Of every 100 households in Kanta Ban in 2011, 35 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kanta Ban · ■ Patrasayer rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**78%

Tap water ****1%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**22%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****75%**

**81%

Use banking services ****42%**

**44%

Television ****25%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**19%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Ban?

■ Kanta Ban · ■ Patrasayer rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.6%**

**64.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****924**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****901**

**946

Working population ****36.7%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.5% for men and 59.9% for women. 59% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 506 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 384 (25%) · **■** Household industry 43 (3%) · **■** Other work 479 (31%) · **■** Marginal 133 (9%)

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 Patrasayer

- Patrasair10,844 people
- Birsingha5,231 people
- Chak Patra Saer5,100 people
- Biur4,105 people
- Patit Dommahal3,971 people
- Jamkuri3,348 people
- Rasulpur3,266 people

[All 160 villages in Patrasayer](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/patrasayer/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanta Ban?4,209 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanta Ban in?Bankura district (Patrasayer sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanta Ban?69.6% (Census 2011)