Kantapal
Garbeta-I block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721121
· village code 336799
Population 2011
734
Census of India
Population 2020
710
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-3.3%
-24 people · -0.4% a year
Households
150
-11.2% vs 169 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
734
Male / female
370 / 364
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
984
Children aged 0–6
87
Literacy rate
75.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
471 / 21
Working population
328
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
77.4%
Households
169
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
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
70
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
100
Non-farm households
30
Share of households farming, 2020
77%
Net sown area
50 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
50 / 30 / 30
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Benachapra panchayat, Garbeta-I 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
₹35.01 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹48.97 lakh
Received directly
₹57,126
Spent
₹60.85 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹23.70 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.19 lakh · received ₹20.13 lakh · spent ₹22.73 lakh · left ₹8.16 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹24.82 lakh · received ₹28.85 lakh · spent ₹38.13 lakh · left ₹15.54 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.8649, 87.2719 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Medinipur West district ·
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