# Kanthibar Village, Tamluk, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tamluk, Purba Medinipur 

# Kanthibar

Kanthibar is a village in Tamluk sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,911 people in 736 households**, the 20th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.9%.

- 2,911people (2011)
- 736households
- 81.9%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanthibar

Of every 100 households in Kanthibar in 2011, 51 had electricity, 61 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanthibar · ■ Tamluk rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****61%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****23%**

**20%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**7%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****67%**

**91%

Use banking services ****29%**

**45%

Television ****17%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kanthibar?

■ Kanthibar · ■ Tamluk rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.9%**

**86.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**972

Working population ****40.4%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.3% for men and 73.0% for women. 60% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 112 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 252 (21%) · **■** Household industry 52 (4%) · **■** Other work 200 (17%) · **■** Marginal 561 (48%)

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 Tamluk

- Nischinta Basan3,195 people
- Rajnagar Baharjala3,144 people
- Harasankar Khamarchak3,072 people
- Shalikagarchak2,912 people
- Maishali2,900 people
- Nimtori2,810 people
- Jashdumbur2,687 people
- Dhamtori2,644 people

[All 99 villages in Tamluk](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/tamluk/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanthibar?2,911 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanthibar in?Purba Medinipur district (Tamluk sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanthibar?81.9% (Census 2011)