# Kantadarja Village, Daspur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Daspur - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kantadarja

Kantadarja is a village in Daspur - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,500 people in 296 households**, the 47th largest of 157 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 84.0%.

- 1,500people (2011)
- 296households
- 86.3%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kantadarja

Of every 100 households in Kantadarja in 2011, 76 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kantadarja · ■ Daspur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****76%**

**70%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****53%**

**38%

Tap water ****1%**

**23%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**25%

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

**6%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****19%**

**59%

Television ****21%**

**36%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**55%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**13%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**13%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kantadarja?

■ Kantadarja · ■ Daspur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.3%**

**84.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**972

Working population ****43.3%**

**41.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.0% for men and 78.2% for women. 67% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 358 (55%) · **■** Farm labourers 65 (10%) · **■** Household industry 85 (13%) · **■** Other work 59 (9%) · **■** Marginal 82 (13%)

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 Daspur - I

- Harirampur1,554 people
- Chandpur1,543 people
- Gopinathpur1,524 people
- Kalyanpur1,503 people
- Ramdas Pur1,496 people
- Harirajpur1,491 people
- Raikundu1,480 people
- Purushottampur1,471 people

[All 162 villages in Daspur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/daspur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kantadarja?1,500 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kantadarja in?Paschim Medinipur district (Daspur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kantadarja?86.3% (Census 2011)