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Kanthra Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Kanthra is a medium size village located in Kharagpur - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 254 families residing. The Kanthra village has population of 1112 of which 576 are males while 536 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanthra village population of children with age 0-6 is 85 which makes up 7.64 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanthra village is 931 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanthra as per census is 1179, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kanthra village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanthra village was 85.69 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kanthra Male literacy stands at 91.81 % while female literacy rate was 78.98 %.

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

Kanthra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 254 - -
Population 1,112 576 536
Child (0-6) 85 39 46
Schedule Caste 82 40 42
Schedule Tribe 190 97 93
Literacy 85.69 % 91.81 % 78.98 %
Total Workers 355 302 53
Main Worker 339 - -
Marginal Worker 16 10 6

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 17.09 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 7.37 % of total population in Kanthra village.

Work Profile

In Kanthra village out of total population, 355 were engaged in work activities. 95.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 355 workers engaged in Main Work, 51 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 29 were Agricultural labourer.