Kantul, Polba - Dadpur

Kantul 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 Kantul is 1.1 thousands out of which 582 are males and rest 557 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 957 females per 1000 males. There are around 93 teenagers in Kantul. It has literacy rate of 66% which means around 753 persons can read and write. Total 506 people belonging to scheduled caste and 9 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 277 households in Kantul, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 568. The pincode of Kantul 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

Kantul 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

Kantul 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

Kantul 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