# Kanta Pukuria Village, Jaynagar - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Jaynagar - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kanta Pukuria

Kanta Pukuria is a village in Jaynagar - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,524 people in 579 households**, the 34th largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 2,524people (2011)
- 579households
- 78.6%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanta Pukuria

Of every 100 households in Kanta Pukuria in 2011, 49 had electricity, 75 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kanta Pukuria · ■ Jaynagar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****75%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****14%**

**51%

Tap water ****3%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**90%

Use banking services ****38%**

**27%

Television ****27%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****36%**

**42%

Own their home ****87%**

**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 Kanta Pukuria?

■ Kanta Pukuria · ■ Jaynagar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.6%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****993**

**949

Working population ****35.0%**

**33.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.8% for men and 70.0% for women. 56% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 51 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 41 (5%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 625 (71%) · **■** Marginal 156 (18%)

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 Jaynagar - I

- Panchghora2,689 people
- Sripur2,668 people
- Mahismari2,636 people
- Belechandi2,594 people
- Dewanganj2,416 people
- Dhosa2,401 people
- Paschim Chakpanchghora2,228 people
- Lakshmi Narayanpur2,166 people

[All 67 villages in Jaynagar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/jaynagar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanta Pukuria?2,524 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanta Pukuria in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Jaynagar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanta Pukuria?78.6% (Census 2011)