# Kanthi Bari Village, Khejuri - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Khejuri - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Kanthi Bari

Kanthi Bari is a village in Khejuri - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,939 people in 560 households**, the 17th largest of 42 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 88.9%.

- 2,939people (2011)
- 560households
- 76.8%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanthi Bari

Of every 100 households in Kanthi Bari in 2011, 10 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanthi Bari · ■ Khejuri - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**27%

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

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**3%

Tap water ****8%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**2%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****29%**

**34%

Television ****4%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**28%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Kanthi Bari?

■ Kanthi Bari · ■ Khejuri - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.8%**

**88.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****818**

**925

Working population ****43.3%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.8% for men and 71.7% for women. 58% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 67 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 67 (5%) · **■** Household industry 76 (6%) · **■** Other work 304 (24%) · **■** Marginal 759 (60%)

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 Khejuri - I

- Uttar Kalamdan3,468 people
- Kamdeb Nagar3,364 people
- Jarar Nagar3,198 people
- Thakur Nagar3,122 people
- Deulpota2,751 people
- Ali Chak2,428 people
- Baj Bajia2,351 people
- Bahar Ganja2,341 people

[All 42 villages in Khejuri - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/khejuri-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanthi Bari?2,939 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanthi Bari in?Purba Medinipur district (Khejuri - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanthi Bari?76.8% (Census 2011)