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Kantigachh Population - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

Kantigachh is a medium size village located in Goalpokhar - I Block of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 220 families residing. The Kantigachh village has population of 1062 of which 546 are males while 516 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kantigachh village population of children with age 0-6 is 211 which makes up 19.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kantigachh village is 945 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kantigachh as per census is 1293, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kantigachh village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kantigachh village was 21.27 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kantigachh Male literacy stands at 24.01 % while female literacy rate was 18.14 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kantigachh village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Kantigachh village.

Kantigachh Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 220 - -
Population 1,062 546 516
Child (0-6) 211 92 119
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 23 10 13
Literacy 21.27 % 24.01 % 18.14 %
Total Workers 447 305 142
Main Worker 283 - -
Marginal Worker 164 36 128

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 2.17 % of total population in Kantigachh village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kantigachh village of Uttar Dinajpur.

Work Profile

In Kantigachh village out of total population, 447 were engaged in work activities. 63.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 447 workers engaged in Main Work, 171 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 102 were Agricultural labourer.