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Kankdiha Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Kankdiha is a medium size village located in Para Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 211 families residing. The Kankdiha village has population of 1128 of which 585 are males while 543 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kankdiha village population of children with age 0-6 is 197 which makes up 17.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kankdiha village is 928 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kankdiha as per census is 990, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kankdiha village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kankdiha village was 68.42 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kankdiha Male literacy stands at 80.66 % while female literacy rate was 55.06 %.

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

Kankdiha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 211 - -
Population 1,128 585 543
Child (0-6) 197 99 98
Schedule Caste 403 216 187
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.42 % 80.66 % 55.06 %
Total Workers 391 300 91
Main Worker 274 - -
Marginal Worker 117 44 73

Caste Factor

In Kankdiha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.73 % of total population in Kankdiha village. The village Kankdiha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kankdiha village out of total population, 391 were engaged in work activities. 70.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 391 workers engaged in Main Work, 44 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 83 were Agricultural labourer.