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Kanchra Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Kanchra is a large village located in Khanakul - I Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 911 families residing. The Kanchra village has population of 4068 of which 2137 are males while 1931 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanchra village population of children with age 0-6 is 485 which makes up 11.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanchra village is 904 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanchra as per census is 873, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kanchra village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanchra village was 76.70 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kanchra Male literacy stands at 80.35 % while female literacy rate was 72.67 %.

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

Kanchra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 911 - -
Population 4,068 2,137 1,931
Child (0-6) 485 259 226
Schedule Caste 861 448 413
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 76.70 % 80.35 % 72.67 %
Total Workers 1,370 1,147 223
Main Worker 1,084 - -
Marginal Worker 286 115 171

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 21.17 % of total population in Kanchra village. The village Kanchra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kanchra village out of total population, 1370 were engaged in work activities. 79.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1370 workers engaged in Main Work, 56 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 249 were Agricultural labourer.