# Kantagarya Village, Goghat - II, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Goghat - II, Hugli 

# Kantagarya

Kantagarya is a village in Goghat - II sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,049 people in 239 households**, the 58th largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.2%.

- 1,049people (2011)
- 239households
- 90.9%literacy
- 911females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kantagarya

Of every 100 households in Kantagarya in 2011, 82 had electricity, 81 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kantagarya · ■ Goghat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****81%**

**62%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**36%

Tap water ****0%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**24%

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

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**85%

Use banking services ****75%**

**40%

Television ****41%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****3%**

**11%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kantagarya?

■ Kantagarya · ■ Goghat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.9%**

**77.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****911**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****906**

**922

Working population ****49.5%**

**39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.2% for men and 85.2% for women. 63% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 172 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 47 (9%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 109 (21%) · **■** Marginal 186 (36%)

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 Goghat - II

- Durgapur1,111 people
- Paschim Amarpur1,106 people
- Subir Chak1,079 people
- Laskarpukur1,059 people
- Jharia947 people
- Andua911 people
- Ria851 people
- Baburampur807 people

[All 112 villages in Goghat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/goghat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kantagarya?1,049 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kantagarya in?Hugli district (Goghat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kantagarya?90.9% (Census 2011)