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Kanikha Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Kanikha is a medium size village located in Kharagpur - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 48 families residing. The Kanikha village has population of 211 of which 110 are males while 101 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanikha village population of children with age 0-6 is 10 which makes up 4.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanikha village is 918 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanikha as per census is 2333, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kanikha village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanikha village was 95.02 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kanikha Male literacy stands at 95.33 % while female literacy rate was 94.68 %.

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

Kanikha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 48 - -
Population 211 110 101
Child (0-6) 10 3 7
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 95.02 % 95.33 % 94.68 %
Total Workers 78 66 12
Main Worker 49 - -
Marginal Worker 29 20 9

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Kanikha village of Paschim Medinipur district.

Work Profile

In Kanikha village out of total population, 78 were engaged in work activities. 62.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 78 workers engaged in Main Work, 35 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.