Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur
# Kantai

Kantai is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 2,045 people in 445 households, the 12th largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.
- 2,045 people (2011)
- 445 households
- 93.9% literacy
- 906 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kantai

Of every 100 households in Kantai in 2011, 46 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kantai · ■ Contai - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 46% 51%
- Toilet within the home 100% 94%
- No toilet (open defecation) 0% 5%
- Tap water 0% 11%
- Drinking water within premises 5% 15%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 91%
- Use banking services 83% 43%
- Television 19% 18%
- Mobile phone 42% 46%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 4% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 2% 1%
- None of these assets 18% 25%
- Own their home 100% 96%

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

## What is the population of Kantai?

■ Kantai · ■ Contai - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 93.9% 89.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 906 940
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 776 956
- Working population 41.7% 36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.2% for men and 89.2% for women. 59% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 35 (4%) · ■ Farm labourers 267 (31%) · ■ Household industry 22 (3%) · ■ Other work 268 (31%) · ■ Marginal 260 (31%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Contai - I
- Nayaput 2,372 people
- Biramput 2,370 people
- Paschim Manikpur 2,308 people
- Kudbheri 2,088 people
- Silampur 2,032 people
- Ghatua 1,904 people
- Haipur 1,823 people
- Paschim Chandanpur 1,804 people

All 225 villages in Contai - I

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Kantai? 2,045 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kantai in? Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kantai? 93.9% (Census 2011)

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