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Kantagar Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Kantagar is a medium size village located in Pandua Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 211 families residing. The Kantagar village has population of 914 of which 456 are males while 458 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kantagar village population of children with age 0-6 is 97 which makes up 10.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kantagar village is 1004 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kantagar as per census is 1156, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kantagar village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kantagar village was 76.38 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kantagar Male literacy stands at 84.18 % while female literacy rate was 68.47 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kantagar 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 Kantagar village.

Kantagar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 211 - -
Population 914 456 458
Child (0-6) 97 45 52
Schedule Caste 545 269 276
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 76.38 % 84.18 % 68.47 %
Total Workers 479 300 179
Main Worker 464 - -
Marginal Worker 15 4 11

Caste Factor

In Kantagar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 59.63 % of total population in Kantagar village. The village Kantagar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kantagar village out of total population, 479 were engaged in work activities. 96.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 479 workers engaged in Main Work, 102 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 333 were Agricultural labourer.