# Kantaban Village, Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kantaban

Kantaban is a village in Gangarampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **887 people in 188 households**, the 90th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.

- 887people (2011)
- 188households
- 58.9%literacy
- 1,025females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kantaban

Of every 100 households in Kantaban in 2011, 18 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kantaban · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****60%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**32%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****22%**

**27%

Television ****10%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****40%**

**37%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Kantaban?

■ Kantaban · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.9%**

**71.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1025**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**936

Working population ****48.5%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.1% for men and 53.8% for women. 58% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 218 (51%) · **■** Farm labourers 91 (21%) · **■** Household industry 37 (9%) · **■** Other work 15 (3%) · **■** Marginal 69 (16%)

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 Gangarampur

- Bhadra914 people
- Tetrail912 people
- Akchha905 people
- Ausa892 people
- Damodarpur873 people
- Chak Shibpur847 people
- Bhaktipur832 people
- Hapania820 people

[All 202 villages in Gangarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/gangarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kantaban?887 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kantaban in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kantaban?58.9% (Census 2011)