# Kanthali Village, Jhalda - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Kanthali

Kanthali is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **505 people in 78 households**, the 89th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 505people (2011)
- 78households
- 45.6%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanthali

Of every 100 households in Kanthali in 2011, 34 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanthali · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**21%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**8%

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

**1%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****0%**

**30%

Television ****0%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****58%**

**35%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kanthali?

■ Kanthali · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.6%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1316**

**973

Working population ****32.9%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.7% for men and 30.4% for women. 45% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 9 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 34 (20%) · **■** Household industry 46 (28%) · **■** Other work 17 (10%) · **■** Marginal 60 (36%)

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 Jhalda - II

- Amra556 people
- Chutukpiri539 people
- Kasdihi533 people
- Chhota Metyala517 people
- Rajadera502 people
- Lupungdi499 people
- Narayanpur Alias Lakhipur497 people
- Nutun Rolla469 people

[All 129 villages in Jhalda - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanthali?505 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanthali in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanthali?45.6% (Census 2011)