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Kanchanpur Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Kanchanpur is a medium size village located in Purulia - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 58 families residing. The Kanchanpur village has population of 274 of which 153 are males while 121 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanchanpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 35 which makes up 12.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanchanpur village is 791 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanchanpur as per census is 591, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kanchanpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanchanpur village was 71.97 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kanchanpur Male literacy stands at 85.50 % while female literacy rate was 55.56 %.

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

Kanchanpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 58 - -
Population 274 153 121
Child (0-6) 35 22 13
Schedule Caste 18 10 8
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.97 % 85.50 % 55.56 %
Total Workers 77 75 2
Main Worker 5 - -
Marginal Worker 72 71 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.57 % of total population in Kanchanpur village. The village Kanchanpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kanchanpur village out of total population, 77 were engaged in work activities. 6.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 93.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 77 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.