# Kantar Village, Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Kantar

Kantar is a village in Raiganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,662 people in 588 households**, the 53rd largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.8%.

- 2,662people (2011)
- 588households
- 55.0%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kantar

Of every 100 households in Kantar in 2011, 18 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kantar · ■ Raiganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**67%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****80%**

**72%

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

**4%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****32%**

**24%

Television ****13%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

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

**21%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Kantar?

■ Kantar · ■ Raiganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.0%**

**62.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****845**

**939

Working population ****44.5%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.8% for men and 45.9% for women. 56% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 226 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 344 (29%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 78 (7%) · **■** Marginal 534 (45%)

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 Raiganj

- Teghara2,727 people
- Kailadangi2,714 people
- Bamuha2,707 people
- Bamangram2,672 people
- Khalsi2,614 people
- Gomarda2,463 people
- Dhoabishua2,457 people
- Mahendigaon2,430 people

[All 222 villages in Raiganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/raiganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kantar?2,662 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kantar in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Raiganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kantar?55.0% (Census 2011)