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Kanua Population - Nadia, West Bengal

Kanua is a medium size village located in Kaliganj Block of Nadia district, West Bengal with total 434 families residing. The Kanua village has population of 1771 of which 900 are males while 871 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanua village population of children with age 0-6 is 215 which makes up 12.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanua village is 968 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanua as per census is 955, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kanua village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanua village was 62.66 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kanua Male literacy stands at 67.09 % while female literacy rate was 58.09 %.

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

Kanua Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 434 - -
Population 1,771 900 871
Child (0-6) 215 110 105
Schedule Caste 658 331 327
Schedule Tribe 241 127 114
Literacy 62.66 % 67.09 % 58.09 %
Total Workers 678 582 96
Main Worker 334 - -
Marginal Worker 344 332 12

Caste Factor

In Kanua village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.15 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 13.61 % of total population in Kanua village.

Work Profile

In Kanua village out of total population, 678 were engaged in work activities. 49.26 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.74 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 678 workers engaged in Main Work, 65 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 228 were Agricultural labourer.