Kantagare, Polba - Dadpur

Kantagare is a village located in the Polba - Dadpur Subdivision of Hooghly district of West Bengal. The village falls in Polba-Dadpur block and comes under Dadpur Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Hooghly parliament constituency and Dhanekhali assembly constituency.

As on November 2024, the current population of Kantagare is 696 out of which 344 are males and rest 352 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 1023 females per 1000 males. There are around 49 teenagers in Kantagare. It has literacy rate of 56% which means around 391 persons can read and write. Total 371 people belonging to scheduled caste and 143 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 178 households in Kantagare, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 465. The pincode of Kantagare is 712305 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Puinan Sub Post office
• Makalpur Branch Post office
• Nagbal Branch Post office
• Alipur Branch Post office
• Danrpur Branch Post office

Schools

Kantagare has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Babnan High School
• Porabazar R D M U Vidyalaya
• Panjipukur Smt. Tulsi Devi Smriti Vidyapith
• Harit High School
• Sarangpur High School(High School)

Hospitals

Kantagare has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Jyotharan Sub-Center
• Dubirveri Sub-Center
• Mirkhila Sub-Center
• Satithan Sub-Center
• Anti Sub-Center

Banks

Kantagare has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• Bandhan Bank Puinan
• Central Bank of India Makhalpur
• State Bank of India Satithan
• The West Bengal State Cooperative Bank Harit