# Kantagere Village, Kharagpur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kharagpur - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kantagere

Kantagere is a village in Kharagpur - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **473 people in 108 households**, the 129th largest of 330 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.1%.

- 473people (2011)
- 108households
- 75.5%literacy
- 1,039females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kantagere

Of every 100 households in Kantagere in 2011, 44 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kantagere · ■ Kharagpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**50%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**26%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**94%

Use banking services ****52%**

**42%

Television ****16%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**26%

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 Kantagere?

■ Kantagere · ■ Kharagpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.5%**

**76.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1039**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1031**

**970

Working population ****28.8%**

**43.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.0% for men and 64.4% for women. 47% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 7 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (8%) · **■** Other work 35 (26%) · **■** Marginal 83 (61%)

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 - II

- Mrijapur478 people
- Shyamsundarpur478 people
- Sarai476 people
- Rambhadrapur474 people
- Phate Chak465 people
- Akra Markandapur464 people
- Banspukhuria463 people
- Radhaballavchak460 people

[All 353 villages in Kharagpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/kharagpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kantagere?473 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kantagere in?Paschim Medinipur district (Kharagpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kantagere?75.5% (Census 2011)