# Kanktya Village, Sahid Matangini – Population & Literacy

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Village · Sahid Matangini, Purba Medinipur 

# Kanktya

Kanktya is a village in Sahid Matangini sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,100 people in 474 households**, the 37th largest of 81 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.8%.

- 2,100people (2011)
- 474households
- 86.3%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanktya

Of every 100 households in Kanktya in 2011, 89 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kanktya · ■ Sahid Matangini rural average

Electricity for lighting ****89%**

**68%

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

**74%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**21%

Tap water ****3%**

**11%

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

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**89%

Use banking services ****70%**

**38%

Television ****36%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****19%**

**24%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Kanktya?

■ Kanktya · ■ Sahid Matangini rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.3%**

**86.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1048**

**955

Working population ****36.4%**

**36.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.2% for men and 80.0% for women. 63% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 28 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 174 (23%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 327 (43%) · **■** Marginal 229 (30%)

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 Sahid Matangini

- Ramchandrapur2,423 people
- Gobra2,219 people
- Chitra2,209 people
- Gobindapur2,118 people
- Bamanara2,099 people
- Raghunathpur2,079 people
- Dariala1,978 people
- Khanda Gram1,913 people

[All 86 villages in Sahid Matangini](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/sahid-matangini/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanktya?2,100 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanktya in?Purba Medinipur district (Sahid Matangini sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanktya?86.3% (Census 2011)