Kanakpur Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Kanakpur is a medium size village located in Debra Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 215 families residing. The Kanakpur village has population of 904 of which 471 are males while 433 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanakpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 111 which makes up 12.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanakpur village is 919 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanakpur as per census is 881, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kanakpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanakpur village was 71.25 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kanakpur Male literacy stands at 80.58 % while female literacy rate was 61.15 %.

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

Kanakpur Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	215	-	-
Population	904	471	433
Child (0-6)	111	59	52
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	390	209	181
Literacy	71.25 %	80.58 %	61.15 %
Total Workers	312	276	36
Main Worker	299	-	-
Marginal Worker	13	5	8

Caste Factor

In Kanakpur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 43.14 % of total population in Kanakpur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kanakpur village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Kanakpur village out of total population, 312 were engaged in work activities. 95.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 312 workers engaged in Main Work, 80 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 152 were Agricultural labourer.