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

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Village · Patrasayer, Bankura 

# Kanta Dighi

Kanta Dighi is a village in Patrasayer sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,344 people in 280 households**, the 47th largest of 151 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.9%.

- 1,344people (2011)
- 280households
- 74.5%literacy
- 1,015females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanta Dighi

Of every 100 households in Kanta Dighi in 2011, 49 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kanta Dighi · ■ Patrasayer rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

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

**22%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****62%**

**81%

Use banking services ****9%**

**44%

Television ****12%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**19%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Dighi?

■ Kanta Dighi · ■ Patrasayer rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.5%**

**64.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1015**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1038**

**946

Working population ****32.2%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.6% for men and 69.4% for women. 55% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 58 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 96 (22%) · **■** Other work 88 (20%) · **■** Marginal 191 (44%)

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

- Tashuli1,422 people
- Baraban1,401 people
- Uttar Pataspur1,371 people
- Danna1,368 people
- Dharimpur1,312 people
- Dhagaria1,307 people
- Nimai Nagar1,307 people
- Alipur1,288 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanta Dighi?1,344 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanta Dighi in?Bankura district (Patrasayer sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanta Dighi?74.5% (Census 2011)