Village · Barasat - I, North Twenty Four Parganas
# Kanthalia

Kanthalia is a village in Barasat - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 5,724 people in 1,199 households, the 2nd largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.
- 5,724 people (2011)
- 1,199 households
- 62.5% literacy
- 941 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanthalia

Of every 100 households in Kanthalia in 2011, 75 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kanthalia · ■ Barasat - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 75% 62%
- Toilet within the home 86% 82%
- No toilet (open defecation) 10% 15%
- Tap water 3% 15%
- Drinking water within premises 74% 53%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 10%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 97% 78%
- Use banking services 33% 46%
- Television 13% 29%
- Mobile phone 49% 50%
- Computer with internet 1% 1%
- Two-wheeler 7% 7%
- Car / jeep / van 3% 3%
- None of these assets 18% 18%
- Own their home 91% 92%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Kanthalia?

■ Kanthalia · ■ Barasat - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 62.5% 79.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 941 942
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 968 940
- Working population 36.7% 34.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.3% for men and 62.8% for women. 60% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 86 (4%) · ■ Farm labourers 148 (7%) · ■ Household industry 56 (3%) · ■ Other work 915 (44%) · ■ Marginal 897 (43%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Barasat - I
- Kadambagachhi 8,240 people
- Kashimpur 5,427 people
- Bara 5,412 people
- Bahera 5,369 people
- Jirat 5,337 people

All 70 villages in Barasat - I

## Other places named Kanthalia
- Kanthalia · Village, Ranibundh, Bankura · 950 people
- Kanthalia · Village, Muruda, Mayurbhanj · 630 people
- Kanthalia · Village, Gopiballavpur - II, Paschim Medinipur · 487 people
- Kanthalia · Village, Memari - II, Barddhaman · 332 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Kanthalia? 5,724 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanthalia in? North Twenty Four Parganas district (Barasat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanthalia? 62.5% (Census 2011)

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