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Kanksa Population - Murshidabad, West Bengal

Kanksa is a large village located in Murshidabad Jiaganj Block of Murshidabad district, West Bengal with total 658 families residing. The Kanksa village has population of 2608 of which 1354 are males while 1254 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanksa village population of children with age 0-6 is 351 which makes up 13.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanksa village is 926 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanksa as per census is 908, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kanksa village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanksa village was 62.83 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kanksa Male literacy stands at 64.02 % while female literacy rate was 61.55 %.

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

Kanksa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 658 - -
Population 2,608 1,354 1,254
Child (0-6) 351 184 167
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 62.83 % 64.02 % 61.55 %
Total Workers 811 747 64
Main Worker 711 - -
Marginal Worker 100 87 13

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Kanksa village of Murshidabad district.

Work Profile

In Kanksa village out of total population, 811 were engaged in work activities. 87.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 811 workers engaged in Main Work, 171 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 429 were Agricultural labourer.