# Kantagar Village, Pandua, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Pandua, Hugli 

# Kantagar

Kantagar is a village in Pandua sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **914 people in 211 households**, the 103rd largest of 153 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.0%.

- 914people (2011)
- 211households
- 76.4%literacy
- 1,004females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kantagar

Of every 100 households in Kantagar in 2011, 67 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Kantagar · ■ Pandua rural average

Electricity for lighting ****67%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**47%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**52%

Tap water ****9%**

**32%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**81%

Use banking services ****43%**

**53%

Television ****36%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**2%

None of these assets ****10%**

**21%

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 Kantagar?

■ Kantagar · ■ Pandua rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.4%**

**75.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1004**

**987

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1156**

**962

Working population ****52.4%**

**46.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.2% for men and 68.5% for women. 66% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 102 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 333 (70%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 28 (6%) · **■** Marginal 15 (3%)

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 Pandua

- Kalishanda980 people
- Kanur967 people
- Shikhira951 people
- Basudebpur942 people
- Aima861 people
- China848 people
- Muktikri840 people
- Uttarkhanda833 people

[All 154 villages in Pandua](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/pandua/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kantagar?914 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kantagar in?Hugli district (Pandua sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kantagar?76.4% (Census 2011)