# Kantabani Village, Mohanpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Mohanpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kantabani

Kantabani is a village in Mohanpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **519 people in 107 households**, the 73rd largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 80.5%.

- 519people (2011)
- 107households
- 88.2%literacy
- 821females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kantabani

Of every 100 households in Kantabani in 2011, 95 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kantabani · ■ Mohanpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**40%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****72%**

**98%

Use banking services ****29%**

**43%

Television ****33%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Kantabani?

■ Kantabani · ■ Mohanpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.2%**

**80.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****821**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****743**

**946

Working population ****28.5%**

**34.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.8% for men and 82.7% for women. 50% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 71 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 68 (46%) · **■** Other work 4 (3%) · **■** Marginal 5 (3%)

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 Mohanpur

- Garra548 people
- Mitinia540 people
- Palua535 people
- Belabarunia525 people
- Madhabpur503 people
- Karkachia493 people
- Kuraria482 people
- Nargoda478 people

[All 103 villages in Mohanpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/mohanpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kantabani?519 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kantabani in?Paschim Medinipur district (Mohanpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kantabani?88.2% (Census 2011)