# Kanta Chauki Village, Pingla, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kanta Chauki

Kanta Chauki is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **269 people in 69 households**, the 148th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 269people (2011)
- 69households
- 72.8%literacy
- 1,152females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanta Chauki

Of every 100 households in Kanta Chauki in 2011, 93 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanta Chauki · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****93%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**32%

Tap water ****68%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**20%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****100%**

**60%

Television ****13%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****1%**

**18%

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 Kanta Chauki?

■ Kanta Chauki · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.8%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1152**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1562**

**942

Working population ****69.1%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.3% for men and 61.3% for women. 74% of men and 65% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 63 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (5%) · **■** Marginal 113 (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 Pingla

- Saugere294 people
- Balarampur290 people
- Bajpur283 people
- Dhaneshwarpur Paikan Dakshinbar270 people
- Amad Chak263 people
- Dani Chak259 people
- Bahadurpur249 people
- Tegerya244 people

[All 182 villages in Pingla](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/pingla/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanta Chauki?269 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanta Chauki in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanta Chauki?72.8% (Census 2011)