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Kanakpur Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Kanakpur is a medium size village located in Haripal Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 395 families residing. The Kanakpur village has population of 1697 of which 839 are males while 858 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanakpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 215 which makes up 12.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanakpur village is 1023 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanakpur as per census is 1067, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kanakpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanakpur village was 69.37 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kanakpur Male literacy stands at 76.46 % while female literacy rate was 62.38 %.

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

Kanakpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 395 - -
Population 1,697 839 858
Child (0-6) 215 104 111
Schedule Caste 292 138 154
Schedule Tribe 277 140 137
Literacy 69.37 % 76.46 % 62.38 %
Total Workers 633 480 153
Main Worker 483 - -
Marginal Worker 150 67 83

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.21 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 16.32 % of total population in Kanakpur village.

Work Profile

In Kanakpur village out of total population, 633 were engaged in work activities. 76.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 633 workers engaged in Main Work, 155 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 209 were Agricultural labourer.