# Kantapal Village, Kharagpur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kharagpur - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kantapal

Kantapal is a village in Kharagpur - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **693 people in 152 households**, the 82nd largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 693people (2011)
- 152households
- 61.4%literacy
- 878females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kantapal

Of every 100 households in Kantapal in 2011, 79 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kantapal · ■ Kharagpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****79%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**34%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****100%**

**41%

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

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**83%

Use banking services ****93%**

**46%

Television ****32%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**15%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**15%

Own their home ****100%**

**95%

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 · ■ Kharagpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.4%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****878**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****719**

**971

Working population ****31.2%**

**40.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.4% for men and 48.2% for women. 51% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 6 (3%) · **■** Other work 12 (6%) · **■** Marginal 198 (92%)

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 Kharagpur - I

- Bir Bhadrapur725 people
- Khairachati723 people
- Talbagicha Urf Kuchalbari697 people
- Sushnia695 people
- Mabarak Chak668 people
- Ajodhyagar652 people
- Shikharpari650 people
- Dangar Para644 people

[All 268 villages in Kharagpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/kharagpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kantapal?693 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kantapal in?Paschim Medinipur district (Kharagpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kantapal?61.4% (Census 2011)