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Kagnan Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Kagnan is a medium size village located in Polba - Dadpur Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 423 families residing. The Kagnan village has population of 1783 of which 911 are males while 872 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kagnan village population of children with age 0-6 is 188 which makes up 10.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kagnan village is 957 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kagnan as per census is 918, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kagnan village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kagnan village was 62.57 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kagnan Male literacy stands at 72.82 % while female literacy rate was 51.92 %.

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

Kagnan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 423 - -
Population 1,783 911 872
Child (0-6) 188 98 90
Schedule Caste 636 328 308
Schedule Tribe 604 303 301
Literacy 62.57 % 72.82 % 51.92 %
Total Workers 888 609 279
Main Worker 584 - -
Marginal Worker 304 110 194

Caste Factor

In Kagnan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.67 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 33.88 % of total population in Kagnan village.

Work Profile

In Kagnan village out of total population, 888 were engaged in work activities. 65.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 888 workers engaged in Main Work, 63 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 308 were Agricultural labourer.