# Kantipota Village, Sonarpur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Sonarpur, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kantipota

Kantipota is a village in Sonarpur sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,718 people in 396 households**, the 43rd largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 1,718people (2011)
- 396households
- 76.6%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kantipota

Of every 100 households in Kantipota in 2011, 81 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kantipota · ■ Sonarpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****81%**

**76%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**18%

Tap water ****44%**

**42%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****16%**

**17%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**73%

Use banking services ****56%**

**52%

Television ****57%**

**57%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****5%**

**10%

Own their home ****100%**

**92%

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 Kantipota?

■ Kantipota · ■ Sonarpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.6%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****907**

**969

Working population ****34.7%**

**37.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.1% for men and 70.0% for women. 57% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 75 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 95 (16%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 362 (61%) · **■** Marginal 63 (11%)

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 Sonarpur

- Kheadaha1,930 people
- Hasanpur1,873 people
- Makrampur1,810 people
- Garal1,747 people
- Nabhasan1,712 people
- Metiari1,674 people
- Jagadishpur1,660 people
- Dingelpota1,614 people

[All 65 villages in Sonarpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/sonarpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kantipota?1,718 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kantipota in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Sonarpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kantipota?76.6% (Census 2011)