# Kantabani Village, Ramnagar - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Ramnagar - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Kantabani

Kantabani is a village in Ramnagar - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,896 people in 366 households**, the 25th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.

- 1,896people (2011)
- 366households
- 81.4%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kantabani

Of every 100 households in Kantabani in 2011, 38 had electricity, 62 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 82 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kantabani · ■ Ramnagar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****62%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****26%**

**9%

Tap water ****4%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**12%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**89%

Use banking services ****75%**

**51%

Television ****31%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****82%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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?

■ Kantabani · ■ Ramnagar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.4%**

**87.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****841**

**929

Working population ****35.7%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.0% for men and 72.6% for women. 54% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 252 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 48 (7%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 301 (44%) · **■** Marginal 67 (10%)

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 Ramnagar - I

- Medinipur2,083 people
- Chandapur1,944 people
- Ashwatthapur1,920 people
- Ramnagar1,914 people
- Dedanri1,812 people
- Bodhora1,775 people
- Khairanda1,767 people
- Chandanpur1,766 people

[All 149 villages in Ramnagar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/ramnagar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kantabani?1,896 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kantabani in?Purba Medinipur district (Ramnagar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kantabani?81.4% (Census 2011)