# Kankartala Village, Khoyrasol, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Khoyrasol, Birbhum 

# Kankartala

Kankartala is a village in Khoyrasol sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,390 people in 683 households**, the 8th largest of 130 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.7%.

- 3,390people (2011)
- 683households
- 70.4%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kankartala

Of every 100 households in Kankartala in 2011, 51 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kankartala · ■ Khoyrasol rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**86%

Tap water ****17%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**19%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****16%**

**51%

Use banking services ****23%**

**52%

Television ****18%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**30%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Kankartala?

■ Kankartala · ■ Khoyrasol rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.4%**

**68.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****849**

**935

Working population ****27.7%**

**34.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.4% for men and 63.1% for women. 50% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 57 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 151 (16%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 192 (20%) · **■** Marginal 534 (57%)

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 Khoyrasol

- Bara Ban3,845 people
- Ranipathar3,753 people
- Dakshin Hazaratur3,420 people
- Panchra3,412 people
- Khayrashoal3,313 people
- Babuirjor3,038 people
- Palpai2,937 people
- Parsundi2,726 people

[All 170 villages in Khoyrasol](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/khoyrasol/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kankartala?3,390 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kankartala in?Birbhum district (Khoyrasol sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kankartala?70.4% (Census 2011)