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

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Village · Memari - II, Barddhaman 

# Kantipur

Kantipur is a village in Memari - II sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **834 people in 177 households**, the 58th largest of 88 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 834people (2011)
- 177households
- 80.5%literacy
- 913females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kantipur

Of every 100 households in Kantipur in 2011, 83 had electricity, 64 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kantipur · ■ Memari - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****64%**

**53%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**45%

Tap water ****0%**

**33%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**24%

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

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**83%

Use banking services ****88%**

**67%

Television ****32%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**11%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****12%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kantipur?

■ Kantipur · ■ Memari - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.5%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****913**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1194**

**963

Working population ****36.0%**

**42.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.2% for men and 74.1% for women. 61% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 65 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 73 (24%) · **■** Other work 54 (18%) · **■** Marginal 108 (36%)

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

- Madhupur870 people
- Jaggeswar865 people
- Rokanpur852 people
- Mahishpur835 people
- Baragram765 people
- Melna722 people
- Belui699 people
- Naopara675 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kantipur?834 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kantipur in?Barddhaman district (Memari - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kantipur?80.5% (Census 2011)