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Kanp Population - Purnia, Bihar

Kanp is a large village located in Rupauli Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 839 families residing. The Kanp village has population of 3990 of which 2110 are males while 1880 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanp village population of children with age 0-6 is 829 which makes up 20.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanp village is 891 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanp as per census is 880, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Kanp village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanp village was 59.79 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Kanp Male literacy stands at 69.80 % while female literacy rate was 48.59 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kanp 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 Kanp village.

Kanp Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 839 - -
Population 3,990 2,110 1,880
Child (0-6) 829 441 388
Schedule Caste 332 175 157
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 59.79 % 69.80 % 48.59 %
Total Workers 1,578 975 603
Main Worker 930 - -
Marginal Worker 648 241 407

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.32 % of total population in Kanp village. The village Kanp currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kanp village out of total population, 1578 were engaged in work activities. 58.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1578 workers engaged in Main Work, 193 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 642 were Agricultural labourer.