# Kanta Garia Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Kanta Garia

Kanta Garia is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **330 people in 76 households**, the 206th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 330people (2011)
- 76households
- 90.6%literacy
- 1,075females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanta Garia

Of every 100 households in Kanta Garia in 2011, 79 had electricity, 71 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanta Garia · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****79%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****71%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****29%**

**48%

Tap water ****0%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****59%**

**26%

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

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**84%

Use banking services ****47%**

**58%

Television ****43%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**13%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****7%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Kanta Garia?

■ Kanta Garia · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.6%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1075**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1357**

**962

Working population ****32.7%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.5% for men and 86.8% for women. 61% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 49 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 25 (23%) · **■** Marginal 33 (31%)

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 Dhaniakhali

- Sandhanpur351 people
- Sarbanandapur349 people
- Mitrapur343 people
- Alipur340 people
- Galgale319 people
- Pachhra264 people
- Paikpara256 people
- Raghabindubati252 people

[All 214 villages in Dhaniakhali](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/dhaniakhali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanta Garia?330 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanta Garia in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanta Garia?90.6% (Census 2011)