# Kantabari Village, Memari - II, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Memari - II, Barddhaman 

# Kantabari

Kantabari is a village in Memari - II sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **305 people in 64 households**, the 84th largest of 88 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 97.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 305people (2011)
- 64households
- 97.8%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kantabari

Of every 100 households in Kantabari in 2011, 82 had electricity, 78 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kantabari · ■ Memari - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****78%**

**53%

No toilet (open defecation) ****22%**

**45%

Tap water ****98%**

**33%

Drinking water within premises ****94%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**83%

Use banking services ****58%**

**67%

Television ****46%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****8%**

**20%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Kantabari?

■ Kantabari · ■ Memari - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****97.8%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****867**

**963

Working population ****36.1%**

**42.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.6% for men and 97.1% for women. 64% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 35 (32%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 49 (45%) · **■** Marginal 25 (23%)

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 Memari - II

- Ashapur392 people
- Khayerpur385 people
- Kanthalia332 people
- Baje Rasulpur322 people
- Shikarpur283 people
- Ghoshpur278 people
- Sargachhi197 people
- Chak Narayan150 people

[All 89 villages in Memari - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/memari-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kantabari?305 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kantabari in?Barddhaman district (Memari - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kantabari?97.8% (Census 2011)