# Kantagora Village, Bundwan, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Bundwan, Puruliya 

# Kantagora

Kantagora is a village in Bundwan sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **737 people in 154 households**, the 44th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.2%.

- 737people (2011)
- 154households
- 51.4%literacy
- 1,082females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kantagora

Of every 100 households in Kantagora in 2011, 13 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 1 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kantagora · ■ Bundwan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**95%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**4%

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

**0%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****0%**

**20%

Television ****1%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****1%**

**19%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**27%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 Kantagora?

■ Kantagora · ■ Bundwan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.4%**

**60.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1082**

**990

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1130**

**957

Working population ****55.4%**

**51.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.0% for men and 38.8% for women. 59% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 12 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 123 (30%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 19 (5%) · **■** Marginal 253 (62%)

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 Bundwan

- Madhuban811 people
- Lata770 people
- Popo766 people
- Chhota Parasia737 people
- Kesra733 people
- Hetyakol731 people
- Punsa717 people
- Karru706 people

[All 134 villages in Bundwan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/bundwan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kantagora?737 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kantagora in?Puruliya district (Bundwan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kantagora?51.4% (Census 2011)