# Kantirpa Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Kantirpa

Kantirpa is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,301 people in 227 households**, the 106th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 1,301people (2011)
- 227households
- 45.3%literacy
- 1,092females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kantirpa

Of every 100 households in Kantirpa in 2011, 11 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kantirpa · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****72%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****18%**

**19%

Television ****6%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**28%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kantirpa?

■ Kantirpa · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.3%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1092**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****913**

**943

Working population ****45.4%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 50.7% for men and 40.5% for women. 48% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 153 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 107 (18%) · **■** Other work 256 (43%) · **■** Marginal 75 (13%)

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 Karandighi

- Kismat Altapur1,320 people
- Khudar Gachhi1,318 people
- Mehandabari1,307 people
- Dalmadh1,302 people
- Harasanda1,299 people
- Chand Gola1,286 people
- Temarpur1,281 people
- Mirzadpur1,270 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kantirpa?1,301 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kantirpa in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kantirpa?45.3% (Census 2011)