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Kanakpur Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Kanakpur is a large village located in Khanakul - I Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 841 families residing. The Kanakpur village has population of 3612 of which 1829 are males while 1783 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanakpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 355 which makes up 9.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanakpur village is 975 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanakpur as per census is 919, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kanakpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanakpur village was 76.24 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kanakpur Male literacy stands at 83.70 % while female literacy rate was 68.63 %.

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 841 - -
Population 3,612 1,829 1,783
Child (0-6) 355 185 170
Schedule Caste 795 392 403
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 76.24 % 83.70 % 68.63 %
Total Workers 1,423 1,145 278
Main Worker 1,022 - -
Marginal Worker 401 218 183

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 22.01 % of total population in Kanakpur village. The village Kanakpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kanakpur village out of total population, 1423 were engaged in work activities. 71.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1423 workers engaged in Main Work, 257 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 225 were Agricultural labourer.