Kantapal
Kharagpur-I block · Medinipur West
district, West Bengal · PIN 721301
· village code 341562
Population 2011
693
Census of India
Population 2020
718
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+3.6%
25 people · 0.4% a year
Households
163
+7.2% vs 152 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
693
Male / female
369 / 324
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
878
Children aged 0–6
110
Literacy rate
51.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
581 / 16
Working population
216
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
2.8%
Households
152
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
No
Middle school
No
High school
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
80
Non-farm households
83
Share of households farming, 2020
49%
Net sown area
9 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
9 / 7 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kalaikunda panchayat, Kharagpur-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
₹55.36 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹1.01 crore
Received directly
₹57,260
Spent
₹1.22 crore
Unspent at year end
₹35.02 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.02 lakh · received ₹41.47 lakh · spent ₹44.36 lakh · left ₹8.13 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹44.34 lakh · received ₹59.34 lakh · spent ₹77.36 lakh · left ₹26.89 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.3769, 87.2898 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Medinipur West district ·
School
staffing across Medinipur West ·
…and across West Bengal