# Kantasola Village, Simlapal, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Simlapal, Bankura 

# Kantasola

Kantasola is a village in Simlapal sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **170 people in 36 households**, the 172nd largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.4%.

- 170people (2011)
- 36households
- 81.8%literacy
- 828females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kantasola

Of every 100 households in Kantasola in 2011, 84 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kantasola · ■ Simlapal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**90%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**18%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**84%

Use banking services ****24%**

**52%

Television ****14%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kantasola?

■ Kantasola · ■ Simlapal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.8%**

**68.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****828**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****833**

**960

Working population ****37.1%**

**40.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.7% for men and 72.2% for women. 43% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 2 (3%) · **■** Other work 3 (5%) · **■** Marginal 58 (92%)

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 Simlapal

- Gilirpahari185 people
- Bagnada176 people
- Sinyajora176 people
- Shyam Pur171 people
- Kayma162 people
- Barakhulia149 people
- Kusbakra131 people
- Memouli127 people

[All 202 villages in Simlapal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/simlapal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kantasola?170 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kantasola in?Bankura district (Simlapal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kantasola?81.8% (Census 2011)