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Kanali Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Kanali is a medium size village located in Purulia - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 199 families residing. The Kanali village has population of 1129 of which 595 are males while 534 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanali village population of children with age 0-6 is 159 which makes up 14.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanali village is 897 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanali as per census is 747, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kanali village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanali village was 71.75 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kanali Male literacy stands at 84.33 % while female literacy rate was 58.15 %.

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

Kanali Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 199 - -
Population 1,129 595 534
Child (0-6) 159 91 68
Schedule Caste 121 65 56
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.75 % 84.33 % 58.15 %
Total Workers 496 321 175
Main Worker 108 - -
Marginal Worker 388 217 171

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.72 % of total population in Kanali village. The village Kanali currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kanali village out of total population, 496 were engaged in work activities. 21.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 78.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 496 workers engaged in Main Work, 35 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 25 were Agricultural labourer.