# Kantadanga Village, Bhangar - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bhangar - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kantadanga

Kantadanga is a village in Bhangar - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,501 people in 300 households**, the 50th largest of 60 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.4%.

- 1,501people (2011)
- 300households
- 85.7%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kantadanga

Of every 100 households in Kantadanga in 2011, 38 had electricity, 67 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kantadanga · ■ Bhangar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****67%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****22%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****57%**

**40%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**93%

Use banking services ****26%**

**32%

Television ****19%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**4%

None of these assets ****7%**

**17%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Kantadanga?

■ Kantadanga · ■ Bhangar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.7%**

**74.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****974**

**962

Working population ****34.4%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.6% for men and 82.6% for women. 55% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 85 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 66 (13%) · **■** Household industry 28 (5%) · **■** Other work 232 (45%) · **■** Marginal 105 (20%)

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 Bhangar - II

- Abua1,766 people
- Nangalbeki1,653 people
- Uttar Swarup Nagar1,567 people
- Jamirgachhi1,509 people
- Uttar Rajapur1,464 people
- Paikan1,452 people
- Rampur1,427 people
- Tara Hadia1,390 people

[All 60 villages in Bhangar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/bhangar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kantadanga?1,501 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kantadanga in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Bhangar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kantadanga?85.7% (Census 2011)