# Kanta Pukuria Village, Magrahat - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Magrahat - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kanta Pukuria

Kanta Pukuria is a village in Magrahat - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **697 people in 157 households**, the 68th largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.0%.

- 697people (2011)
- 157households
- 84.4%literacy
- 1,020females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kanta Pukuria

Of every 100 households in Kanta Pukuria in 2011, 27 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kanta Pukuria · ■ Magrahat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**48%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**50%

Tap water ****1%**

**29%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**7%

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

**4%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****17%**

**34%

Television ****27%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****31%**

**35%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 · ■ Magrahat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.4%**

**78.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1020**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1265**

**956

Working population ****40.9%**

**33.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.6% for men and 76.1% for women. 61% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 45 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 117 (41%) · **■** Marginal 121 (42%)

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 Magrahat - II

- Manirampur896 people
- Enayetpur879 people
- Gobindapur857 people
- Tantihati793 people
- Chak Kamal Halder685 people
- Paran Khali634 people
- Gotbaria570 people
- Jayenkhan568 people

[All 78 villages in Magrahat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/magrahat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kanta Pukuria?697 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kanta Pukuria in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Magrahat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kanta Pukuria?84.4% (Census 2011)