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Kanchanpur Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Kanchanpur is a medium size village located in Arsha Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 120 families residing. The Kanchanpur village has population of 667 of which 349 are males while 318 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanchanpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 131 which makes up 19.64 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanchanpur village is 911 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanchanpur as per census is 770, 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 48.32 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kanchanpur Male literacy stands at 63.27 % while female literacy rate was 32.57 %.

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 120 - -
Population 667 349 318
Child (0-6) 131 74 57
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 667 349 318
Literacy 48.32 % 63.27 % 32.57 %
Total Workers 312 190 122
Main Worker 196 - -
Marginal Worker 116 37 79

Caste Factor

In Kanchanpur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Kanchanpur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kanchanpur village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Kanchanpur village out of total population, 312 were engaged in work activities. 62.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 312 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 157 were Agricultural labourer.