# Kantakhali Village, Hasnabad – Population & Literacy

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Village · Hasnabad, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kantakhali

Kantakhali is a village in Hasnabad sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,155 people in 274 households**, the 55th largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.2%.

- 1,155people (2011)
- 274households
- 56.2%literacy
- 1,123females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kantakhali

Of every 100 households in Kantakhali in 2011, 23 had electricity, 69 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kantakhali · ■ Hasnabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****69%**

**62%

No toilet (open defecation) ****30%**

**34%

Tap water ****86%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**13%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**96%

Use banking services ****16%**

**40%

Television ****6%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****58%**

**40%

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 Kantakhali?

■ Kantakhali · ■ Hasnabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.2%**

**71.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1123**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1915**

**967

Working population ****58.5%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.0% for men and 50.7% for women. 69% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 16 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (4%) · **■** Household industry 421 (62%) · **■** Other work 208 (31%) · **■** Marginal 7 (1%)

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 Hasnabad

- Kalutala1,510 people
- Gobindapur1,458 people
- Raghabpur1,382 people
- Sundaria1,335 people
- Mohanpurabad1,104 people
- Kharur1,068 people
- Rajnagar1,005 people
- Chakk Uliadanga859 people

[All 74 villages in Hasnabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/hasnabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kantakhali?1,155 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kantakhali in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Hasnabad sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kantakhali?56.2% (Census 2011)