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Kanpur Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Kanpur is a large village located in Diamond Harbour - I Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 594 families residing. The Kanpur village has population of 2467 of which 1267 are males while 1200 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 227 which makes up 9.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanpur village is 947 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanpur as per census is 1045, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kanpur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanpur village was 85.27 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kanpur Male literacy stands at 89.79 % while female literacy rate was 80.44 %.

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 594 - -
Population 2,467 1,267 1,200
Child (0-6) 227 111 116
Schedule Caste 478 260 218
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.27 % 89.79 % 80.44 %
Total Workers 854 725 129
Main Worker 593 - -
Marginal Worker 261 198 63

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.38 % 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, 854 were engaged in work activities. 69.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 854 workers engaged in Main Work, 23 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 121 were Agricultural labourer.