# Kantapal Village, Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kantapal

Kantapal is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **936 people in 229 households**, the 69th largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 936people (2011)
- 229households
- 72.0%literacy
- 899females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kantapal

Of every 100 households in Kantapal in 2011, 69 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kantapal · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****69%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

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

**39%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****95%**

**62%

Television ****2%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****52%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kantapal?

■ Kantapal · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.0%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****899**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****793**

**963

Working population ****56.0%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.9% for men and 65.5% for women. 63% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 81 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 194 (37%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 12 (2%) · **■** Marginal 234 (45%)

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 Dantan - I

- Manika Dangar977 people
- Dhalbar973 people
- Simulia Uttar Mongalmari953 people
- Pargana942 people
- Pakharbar922 people
- Makhmalpur918 people
- Rautarapur893 people
- Malpara879 people

[All 198 villages in Dantan - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kantapal?936 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kantapal in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kantapal?72.0% (Census 2011)