# Kantanagar Village, Sagardighi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Sagardighi, Murshidabad 

# Kantanagar

Kantanagar is a village in Sagardighi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **9,453 people in 1,769 households**, the 5th largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 9,453people (2011)
- 1,769households
- 56.7%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kantanagar

Of every 100 households in Kantanagar in 2011, 21 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kantanagar · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**18%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****13%**

**20%

Television ****8%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****42%**

**39%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.7%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****970**

**954

Working population ****42.4%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.1% for men and 55.3% for women. 52% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 136 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 439 (11%) · **■** Household industry 808 (20%) · **■** Other work 917 (23%) · **■** Marginal 1,707 (43%)

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 Sagardighi

- Kabilpur16,489 people
- Balia10,299 people
- Popara10,107 people
- Dasturhat9,959 people
- Bokhara8,000 people
- Char Mathurapur7,112 people
- Ramna Sekhdighi6,367 people
- Jugor6,080 people

[All 197 villages in Sagardighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/sagardighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kantanagar?9,453 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kantanagar in?Murshidabad district (Sagardighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kantanagar?56.7% (Census 2011)