Village · Debra, Paschim Medinipur
# Kantha Gerya

Kantha Gerya is a village in Debra sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 332 people in 88 households, the 293rd largest of 460 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.8%.
- 332 people (2011)
- 88 households
- 90.0% literacy
- 1,037 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kantha Gerya

Of every 100 households in Kantha Gerya in 2011, 29 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kantha Gerya · ■ Debra rural average
- Electricity for lighting 29% 48%
- Toilet within the home 37% 63%
- No toilet (open defecation) 63% 34%
- Tap water 100% 7%
- Drinking water within premises 90% 20%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 95%
- Use banking services 26% 50%
- Television 20% 24%
- Mobile phone 52% 44%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 7% 10%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 16% 18%
- Own their home 99% 98%

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

## What is the population of Kantha Gerya?

■ Kantha Gerya · ■ Debra rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 90.0% 81.8%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1037 980
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1200 988
- Working population 33.1% 46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 99.3% for men and 80.8% for women. 56% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 74 (67%) · ■ Farm labourers 26 (24%) · ■ Other work 5 (5%) · ■ Marginal 5 (5%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Debra
- Kalikagerya 338 people
- Bar Mahammadpur 337 people
- Chakbalbhadrapur 337 people
- Harina Dangi 333 people
- Birunia 331 people
- Hara Chak 327 people
- Daunya 325 people
- Aikola 323 people

All 477 villages in Debra

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Kantha Gerya? 332 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kantha Gerya in? Paschim Medinipur district (Debra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kantha Gerya? 90.0% (Census 2011)

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