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Kankura Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Kankura is a medium size village located in Diamond Harbour - I Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 357 families residing. The Kankura village has population of 1456 of which 754 are males while 702 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kankura village population of children with age 0-6 is 158 which makes up 10.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kankura village is 931 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kankura as per census is 775, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kankura village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kankura village was 79.58 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kankura Male literacy stands at 86.92 % while female literacy rate was 71.88 %.

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

Kankura Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 357 - -
Population 1,456 754 702
Child (0-6) 158 89 69
Schedule Caste 491 248 243
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.58 % 86.92 % 71.88 %
Total Workers 519 438 81
Main Worker 430 - -
Marginal Worker 89 58 31

Caste Factor

Kankura village of South Twenty Four Parganas has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.72 % of total population in Kankura village. The village Kankura currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kankura village out of total population, 519 were engaged in work activities. 82.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 519 workers engaged in Main Work, 45 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 60 were Agricultural labourer.