Kanta Bari
Onda block · Bankura
district, West Bengal · PIN 722122
· village code 328575
Population 2011
2,011
Census of India
Population 2020
2,115
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+5.2%
104 people · 0.6% a year
Households
2,094
+378.1% vs 438 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,011
Male / female
996 / 1,015
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,019
Children aged 0–6
220
Literacy rate
59.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
817 / 8
Working population
718
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
82.5%
Households
438
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
248
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
50
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,628
Non-farm households
452
Share of households farming, 2020
78%
Net sown area
202 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
202 / 128 / 75
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kantabari panchayat, Onda zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹31.60 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹48.85 lakh
Received directly
₹27,949
Spent
₹66.19 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹14.54 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.51 lakh · received ₹20.07 lakh · spent ₹27.85 lakh · left ₹5.01 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹19.09 lakh · received ₹28.77 lakh · spent ₹38.34 lakh · left ₹9.53 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.0631, 87.3020 —
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Nearby villages
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Bankura district ·
School
staffing across Bankura ·
…and across West Bengal