# Kantor Village, Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Kantor

Kantor is a village in Hemtabad sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,671 people in 608 households**, the 12th largest of 114 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 2,671people (2011)
- 608households
- 71.5%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kantor

Of every 100 households in Kantor in 2011, 44 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kantor · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****58%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****71%**

**67%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****21%**

**16%

Television ****26%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**27%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Kantor?

■ Kantor · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.5%**

**67.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1199**

**955

Working population ****35.3%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.5% for men and 69.4% for women. 52% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 141 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 290 (31%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 312 (33%) · **■** Marginal 197 (21%)

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 Hemtabad

- Malon2,870 people
- Titihi2,810 people
- Nurpur2,716 people
- Gutin2,674 people
- Chainagar2,662 people
- Bahin Paharpur2,571 people
- Baribari2,553 people
- Dadhikotbari2,507 people

[All 116 villages in Hemtabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/hemtabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kantor?2,671 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kantor in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Hemtabad sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kantor?71.5% (Census 2011)