# Kanthalia Village, Gopiballavpur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gopiballavpur - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kanthalia

Kanthalia is a village in Gopiballavpur - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **487 people in 116 households**, the 80th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.4%.

- 487people (2011)
- 116households
- 68.9%literacy
- 880females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanthalia

Of every 100 households in Kanthalia in 2011, 2 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanthalia · ■ Gopiballavpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**83%

Tap water ****3%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**28%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****58%**

**50%

Television ****8%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**32%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Kanthalia?

■ Kanthalia · ■ Gopiballavpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.9%**

**71.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****880**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****656**

**940

Working population ****51.3%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.7% for men and 60.4% for women. 62% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 83 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 144 (58%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 11 (4%) · **■** Marginal 9 (4%)

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 Gopiballavpur - II

- Bangara498 people
- Shimulia498 people
- Poradiha492 people
- Banshda487 people
- Harki479 people
- Hijla479 people
- Bhakta Pat475 people
- Bagha Gerya471 people

[All 192 villages in Gopiballavpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/gopiballavpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanthalia?487 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanthalia in?Paschim Medinipur district (Gopiballavpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanthalia?68.9% (Census 2011)