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Kanko Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Kanko is a medium size village located in Binpur - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 258 families residing. The Kanko village has population of 1124 of which 567 are males while 557 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanko village population of children with age 0-6 is 112 which makes up 9.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanko village is 982 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanko as per census is 723, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kanko village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanko village was 76.38 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kanko Male literacy stands at 88.65 % while female literacy rate was 64.31 %.

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

Kanko Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 258 - -
Population 1,124 567 557
Child (0-6) 112 65 47
Schedule Caste 169 85 84
Schedule Tribe 38 20 18
Literacy 76.38 % 88.65 % 64.31 %
Total Workers 455 334 121
Main Worker 257 - -
Marginal Worker 198 109 89

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.04 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 3.38 % of total population in Kanko village.

Work Profile

In Kanko village out of total population, 455 were engaged in work activities. 56.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 455 workers engaged in Main Work, 134 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 61 were Agricultural labourer.