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Kanchiya Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Kanchiya is a medium size village located in Ghatal Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 103 families residing. The Kanchiya village has population of 449 of which 229 are males while 220 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanchiya village population of children with age 0-6 is 37 which makes up 8.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanchiya village is 961 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanchiya as per census is 762, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kanchiya village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanchiya village was 92.48 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kanchiya Male literacy stands at 96.63 % while female literacy rate was 88.24 %.

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

Kanchiya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 103 - -
Population 449 229 220
Child (0-6) 37 21 16
Schedule Caste 39 19 20
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 92.48 % 96.63 % 88.24 %
Total Workers 166 146 20
Main Worker 163 - -
Marginal Worker 3 1 2

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.69 % of total population in Kanchiya village. The village Kanchiya currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kanchiya village out of total population, 166 were engaged in work activities. 98.19 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.81 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 166 workers engaged in Main Work, 66 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 55 were Agricultural labourer.