Village · Kharagpur - I, Paschim Medinipur
# Kantasol

Kantasol is a village in Kharagpur - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 758 people in 170 households, the 74th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.
- 758 people (2011)
- 170 households
- 78.7% literacy
- 974 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kantasol

Of every 100 households in Kantasol in 2011, 63 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kantasol · ■ Kharagpur - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 63% 58%
- Toilet within the home 14% 34%
- No toilet (open defecation) 86% 66%
- Tap water 0% 9%
- Drinking water within premises 37% 41%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 2% 9%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 93% 83%
- Use banking services 45% 46%
- Television 24% 28%
- Mobile phone 34% 40%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 8% 15%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 2%
- None of these assets 18% 15%
- Own their home 64% 95%

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

## What is the population of Kantasol?

■ Kantasol · ■ Kharagpur - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 78.7% 74.2%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 974 964
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 882 971
- Working population 49.2% 40.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.9% for men and 68.4% for women. 58% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 47 (13%) · ■ Farm labourers 42 (11%) · ■ Other work 122 (33%) · ■ Marginal 162 (43%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Kharagpur - I
- Chunpara Kharida 780 people
- Paljhari 769 people
- Ajabpur 768 people
- Purba Shyamsundarpur 767 people
- Benapur Chaita 752 people
- Keshpal 751 people
- Kayetpur 727 people
- Bir Bhadrapur 725 people

All 268 villages in Kharagpur - I

## Other places named Kantasol
- Kantasol · Village, Chhatna, Bankura · 2,753 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Kantasol? 758 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kantasol in? Paschim Medinipur district (Kharagpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kantasol? 78.7% (Census 2011)

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