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Kantapal Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Kantapal is a medium size village located in Kharagpur - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 152 families residing. The Kantapal village has population of 693 of which 369 are males while 324 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kantapal village population of children with age 0-6 is 110 which makes up 15.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kantapal village is 878 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kantapal as per census is 719, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kantapal village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kantapal village was 61.41 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kantapal Male literacy stands at 73.44 % while female literacy rate was 48.20 %.

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

Kantapal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 152 - -
Population 693 369 324
Child (0-6) 110 64 46
Schedule Caste 581 307 274
Schedule Tribe 16 8 8
Literacy 61.41 % 73.44 % 48.20 %
Total Workers 216 187 29
Main Worker 18 - -
Marginal Worker 198 171 27

Caste Factor

In Kantapal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 83.84 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.31 % of total population in Kantapal village.

Work Profile

In Kantapal village out of total population, 216 were engaged in work activities. 8.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 91.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 216 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.