# Kanta Pukuria Village, Potashpur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Kanta Pukuria

Kanta Pukuria is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **696 people in 142 households**, the 84th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 696people (2011)
- 142households
- 89.4%literacy
- 902females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanta Pukuria

Of every 100 households in Kanta Pukuria in 2011, 54 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanta Pukuria · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

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

**18%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****54%**

**46%

Television ****14%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****8%**

**30%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Pukuria?

■ Kanta Pukuria · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.4%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****902**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1357**

**932

Working population ****36.6%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.0% for men and 82.9% for women. 66% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 207 (81%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 36 (14%) · **■** Marginal 8 (3%)

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 Potashpur - I

- Bhadna742 people
- Godai Bheri708 people
- Ajodhyapur705 people
- Madhupur704 people
- Basudebpur693 people
- Kutubpur690 people
- Hati Bandh669 people
- Asharya Bandh651 people

[All 139 villages in Potashpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanta Pukuria?696 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanta Pukuria in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanta Pukuria?89.4% (Census 2011)