# Kantari Village, Dubrajpur, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Dubrajpur, Birbhum 

# Kantari

Kantari is a village in Dubrajpur sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,568 people in 350 households**, the 31st largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.3%.

- 1,568people (2011)
- 350households
- 65.2%literacy
- 1,028females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kantari

Of every 100 households in Kantari in 2011, 7 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kantari · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**85%

Tap water ****53%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**14%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**77%

Use banking services ****7%**

**51%

Television ****7%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****58%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kantari?

■ Kantari · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.2%**

**68.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1028**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1088**

**980

Working population ****28.0%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.6% for men and 59.8% for women. 52% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 48 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 251 (57%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 23 (5%) · **■** Marginal 115 (26%)

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 Dubrajpur

- Loba1,718 people
- Basahari1,709 people
- Bodhgram1,705 people
- Jatra1,623 people
- Sirsa1,565 people
- Kaythanpur1,539 people
- Ghatgopalpur1,487 people
- Gohaliara1,487 people

[All 227 villages in Dubrajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/dubrajpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kantari?1,568 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kantari in?Birbhum district (Dubrajpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kantari?65.2% (Census 2011)