# Kanthail Village, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kanthail

Kanthail is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **173 people in 35 households**, the 218th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 173people (2011)
- 35households
- 55.6%literacy
- 901females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanthail

Of every 100 households in Kanthail in 2011, 0 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanthail · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**29%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****43%**

**93%

Use banking services ****0%**

**18%

Television ****0%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**24%

Own their home ****86%**

**99%

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 Kanthail?

■ Kanthail · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.6%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****901**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****938**

**955

Working population ****51.4%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.3% for men and 49.3% for women. 53% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 30 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (16%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 44 (49%)

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 Kushmundi

- Baghna203 people
- Pachadighi188 people
- Magura180 people
- Lakshmijal176 people
- Chakdarbaru154 people
- Tilchar153 people
- Shalkhair138 people
- Gilapukur135 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanthail?173 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanthail in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanthail?55.6% (Census 2011)