# Kantanagar Village, Bhagawangola - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bhagawangola - I, Murshidabad 

# Kantanagar

Kantanagar is a village in Bhagawangola - I sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **15,587 people in 3,475 households**, the 4th largest of 54 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 15,587people (2011)
- 3,475households
- 71.8%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kantanagar

Of every 100 households in Kantanagar in 2011, 22 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kantanagar · ■ Bhagawangola - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**69%

No toilet (open defecation) ****28%**

**29%

Tap water ****11%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**43%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**92%

Use banking services ****30%**

**29%

Television ****11%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**35%

Own their home ****97%**

**92%

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 Kantanagar?

■ Kantanagar · ■ Bhagawangola - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.8%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****896**

**961

Working population ****31.9%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.5% for men and 69.9% for women. 55% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 586 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,497 (30%) · **■** Household industry 79 (2%) · **■** Other work 1,722 (35%) · **■** Marginal 1,096 (22%)

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 Bhagawangola - I

- Dakshin Hanumanta Nagar19,813 people
- Mahishasthali17,785 people
- Habaspur17,148 people
- Belia Syampur11,847 people
- Telia8,259 people
- Kasba Bahadurpur7,470 people
- Digha6,171 people

[All 60 villages in Bhagawangola - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/bhagawangola-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kantanagar?15,587 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kantanagar in?Murshidabad district (Bhagawangola - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kantanagar?71.8% (Census 2011)