# Kantabani Village, Para, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Para, Puruliya 

# Kantabani

Kantabani is a village in Para sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **494 people in 94 households**, the 98th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 494people (2011)
- 94households
- 71.0%literacy
- 945females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kantabani

Of every 100 households in Kantabani in 2011, 53 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kantabani · ■ Para rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**8%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**79%

Use banking services ****30%**

**47%

Television ****20%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**20%

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 Kantabani?

■ Kantabani · ■ Para rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.0%**

**65.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****945**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****750**

**968

Working population ****27.3%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.2% for men and 57.4% for women. 52% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 45 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 27 (20%) · **■** Other work 47 (35%) · **■** Marginal 16 (12%)

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 Para

- Bhatpahari542 people
- Maldi539 people
- Koldi531 people
- Hurra502 people
- Dhagora460 people
- Chautala362 people
- Beryadi301 people
- Chaktor282 people

[All 132 villages in Para](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/para/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kantabani?494 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kantabani in?Puruliya district (Para sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kantabani?71.0% (Census 2011)