# Kantabani Shasan Village, Kolaghat – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Kantabani Shasan

Kantabani Shasan is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,310 people in 496 households**, the 42nd largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 2,310people (2011)
- 496households
- 79.4%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kantabani Shasan

Of every 100 households in Kantabani Shasan in 2011, 54 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kantabani Shasan · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**76%

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

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**90%

Use banking services ****55%**

**44%

Television ****19%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**17%

Own their home ****94%**

**97%

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 Shasan?

■ Kantabani Shasan · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.4%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1018**

**942

Working population ****38.3%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.8% for men and 71.4% for women. 59% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 131 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 255 (29%) · **■** Household industry 74 (8%) · **■** Other work 206 (23%) · **■** Marginal 218 (25%)

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 Kolaghat

- Chapda2,494 people
- Dakshin Sagarbar2,444 people
- Jugiber2,397 people
- Dakshin Jinanda2,371 people
- Bardabar2,296 people
- Bagicha Kumar Chak2,292 people
- Bordangi2,222 people
- Kashigori2,186 people

[All 109 villages in Kolaghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/kolaghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kantabani Shasan?2,310 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kantabani Shasan in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kantabani Shasan?79.4% (Census 2011)