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Kanchana Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Kanchana is a medium size village located in Mayureswar - II Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 165 families residing. The Kanchana village has population of 679 of which 349 are males while 330 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanchana village population of children with age 0-6 is 54 which makes up 7.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanchana village is 946 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanchana as per census is 1160, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kanchana village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanchana village was 64.96 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kanchana Male literacy stands at 74.38 % while female literacy rate was 54.82 %.

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

Kanchana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 165 - -
Population 679 349 330
Child (0-6) 54 25 29
Schedule Caste 476 250 226
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 64.96 % 74.38 % 54.82 %
Total Workers 336 227 109
Main Worker 201 - -
Marginal Worker 135 36 99

Caste Factor

In Kanchana village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 70.10 % of total population in Kanchana village. The village Kanchana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kanchana village out of total population, 336 were engaged in work activities. 59.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 336 workers engaged in Main Work, 54 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 120 were Agricultural labourer.