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Kanyta Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Kanyta is a medium size village located in Kharagpur - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 251 families residing. The Kanyta village has population of 1037 of which 529 are males while 508 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanyta village population of children with age 0-6 is 148 which makes up 14.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanyta village is 960 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanyta as per census is 973, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kanyta village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanyta village was 66.03 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kanyta Male literacy stands at 77.75 % while female literacy rate was 53.79 %.

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

Kanyta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 251 - -
Population 1,037 529 508
Child (0-6) 148 75 73
Schedule Caste 418 217 201
Schedule Tribe 324 165 159
Literacy 66.03 % 77.75 % 53.79 %
Total Workers 515 299 216
Main Worker 446 - -
Marginal Worker 69 44 25

Caste Factor

In Kanyta village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 40.31 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 31.24 % of total population in Kanyta village.

Work Profile

In Kanyta village out of total population, 515 were engaged in work activities. 86.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 515 workers engaged in Main Work, 45 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 387 were Agricultural labourer.