# Kantagare Village, Polba - Dadpur, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Polba - Dadpur, Hugli 

# Kantagare

Kantagare is a village in Polba - Dadpur sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **636 people in 163 households**, the 147th largest of 193 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.1%.

- 636people (2011)
- 163households
- 60.8%literacy
- 1,025females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kantagare

Of every 100 households in Kantagare in 2011, 42 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kantagare · ■ Polba - Dadpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**50%

Tap water ****2%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**21%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****55%**

**86%

Use banking services ****99%**

**56%

Television ****18%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**14%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**14%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kantagare?

■ Kantagare · ■ Polba - Dadpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.8%**

**75.1%

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

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1450**

**942

Working population ****66.8%**

**45.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.7% for men and 53.9% for women. 69% of men and 64% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 139 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 16 (4%) · **■** Marginal 261 (61%)

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 Polba - Dadpur

- Ranagachha654 people
- Gopalnagar646 people
- Keshabpur643 people
- Goe638 people
- Amdabad632 people
- Belgare631 people
- Kharsat596 people
- Gaula594 people

[All 194 villages in Polba - Dadpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/polba-dadpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kantagare?636 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kantagare in?Hugli district (Polba - Dadpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kantagare?60.8% (Census 2011)