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Kanchanpur Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Kanchanpur is a medium size village located in Kharagpur - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 92 families residing. The Kanchanpur village has population of 344 of which 182 are males while 162 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanchanpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 44 which makes up 12.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanchanpur village is 890 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanchanpur as per census is 571, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kanchanpur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanchanpur village was 77.00 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kanchanpur Male literacy stands at 83.77 % while female literacy rate was 69.86 %.

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

Kanchanpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 92 - -
Population 344 182 162
Child (0-6) 44 28 16
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 20 10 10
Literacy 77.00 % 83.77 % 69.86 %
Total Workers 109 100 9
Main Worker 18 - -
Marginal Worker 91 83 8

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 5.81 % of total population in Kanchanpur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kanchanpur village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Kanchanpur village out of total population, 109 were engaged in work activities. 16.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 83.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 109 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.