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Kanakpur Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Kanakpur is a medium size village located in Ghatal Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 117 families residing. The Kanakpur village has population of 524 of which 272 are males while 252 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanakpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 56 which makes up 10.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanakpur village is 926 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanakpur as per census is 931, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kanakpur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanakpur village was 90.38 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kanakpur Male literacy stands at 94.65 % while female literacy rate was 85.78 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kanakpur village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Kanakpur village.

Kanakpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 117 - -
Population 524 272 252
Child (0-6) 56 29 27
Schedule Caste 19 8 11
Schedule Tribe 4 2 2
Literacy 90.38 % 94.65 % 85.78 %
Total Workers 177 151 26
Main Worker 171 - -
Marginal Worker 6 3 3

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.63 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.76 % of total population in Kanakpur village.

Work Profile

In Kanakpur village out of total population, 177 were engaged in work activities. 96.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 177 workers engaged in Main Work, 62 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 90 were Agricultural labourer.