# Kantagerya Village, Narayangarh – Population & Literacy

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Village · Narayangarh, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kantagerya

Kantagerya is a village in Narayangarh sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **471 people in 103 households**, the 196th largest of 466 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 471people (2011)
- 103households
- 86.6%literacy
- 987females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kantagerya

Of every 100 households in Kantagerya in 2011, 86 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kantagerya · ■ Narayangarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****76%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****24%**

**44%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**26%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****99%**

**61%

Television ****42%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****3%**

**17%

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 Kantagerya?

■ Kantagerya · ■ Narayangarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.6%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****987**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**942

Working population ****34.0%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.3% for men and 78.7% for women. 58% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 46 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (9%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 7 (4%) · **■** Marginal 92 (58%)

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 Narayangarh

- Daudpur491 people
- Jatirampur490 people
- Nayagram483 people
- Tegerya481 people
- Dash Rui467 people
- Uttar Dhanaswari465 people
- Kaji Chak462 people
- Tegeria460 people

[All 516 villages in Narayangarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/narayangarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kantagerya?471 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kantagerya in?Paschim Medinipur district (Narayangarh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kantagerya?86.6% (Census 2011)