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Kankasal Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Kankasal is a medium size village located in Kharagpur - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 54 families residing. The Kankasal village has population of 234 of which 120 are males while 114 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kankasal village population of children with age 0-6 is 22 which makes up 9.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kankasal village is 950 which is equal than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kankasal as per census is 1000, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kankasal village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kankasal village was 90.09 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kankasal Male literacy stands at 92.66 % while female literacy rate was 87.38 %.

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

Kankasal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 54 - -
Population 234 120 114
Child (0-6) 22 11 11
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 87 49 38
Literacy 90.09 % 92.66 % 87.38 %
Total Workers 115 83 32
Main Worker 115 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Kankasal village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 37.18 % of total population in Kankasal village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kankasal village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Kankasal village out of total population, 115 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 115 workers engaged in Main Work, 43 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 60 were Agricultural labourer.