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Kanpur Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Kanpur is a large village located in Magrahat - I Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 580 families residing. The Kanpur village has population of 2839 of which 1441 are males while 1398 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 420 which makes up 14.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanpur village is 970 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanpur as per census is 875, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kanpur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanpur village was 77.72 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kanpur Male literacy stands at 83.81 % while female literacy rate was 71.55 %.

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

Kanpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 580 - -
Population 2,839 1,441 1,398
Child (0-6) 420 224 196
Schedule Caste 355 180 175
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.72 % 83.81 % 71.55 %
Total Workers 1,241 863 378
Main Worker 594 - -
Marginal Worker 647 332 315

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.50 % of total population in Kanpur village. The village Kanpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kanpur village out of total population, 1241 were engaged in work activities. 47.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1241 workers engaged in Main Work, 32 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 134 were Agricultural labourer.