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Paschim Medinipur villages

West Bengal · Paschim Medinipur · Kharagpur - I

Kanthra

1,112
people at the 2011 Census · 576 male, 536 female

Population

Population
1,112India 121.09 Cr

Literacy

Literacy
85.69%India 72.98%
Male Lit.
91.81%India 80.88%
Female Lit.
78.98%India 64.63%
Lit. Gap
12.83 ppIndia 16.25 pp

Society

Sex Ratio
931 / 1000India 943 / 1000
Child Sex Ratio
1179 / 1000India 918 / 1000
Under 7
7.64%India 13.59%
SC %
7.37%India 16.63%
ST %
17.09%India 8.63%
Household
4.38India 4.85

Work

Workers
31.92%India 39.80%
Female Work
9.89%India 25.52%
Main Workers
95.49%India 75.24%
Non-Workers
68.08%India 60.20%

This village is classified entirely rural at the 2011 Census, so urban population share does not apply. Density, land area and decadal growth are not published in the Primary Census Abstract. See Methodology.

Kanthra in context

With 1,112 people at the 2011 Census, Kanthra was the 1236th most populous of its district's 8695 villages, above the district average of 597.

Literacy stood at 85.69%, 8.8 points above the district's rural average of 76.87%.

Among children aged 0–6 the ratio was 1179, 256 above the rural national 923.

31.9% of the population were recorded as workers, 11.6 points below the district's rural rate.