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Kanktya Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Kanktya is a large village located in Sahid Matangini Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 474 families residing. The Kanktya village has population of 2100 of which 1069 are males while 1031 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanktya village population of children with age 0-6 is 215 which makes up 10.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanktya village is 964 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanktya as per census is 1048, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kanktya village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanktya village was 86.26 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kanktya Male literacy stands at 92.22 % while female literacy rate was 80.02 %.

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

Kanktya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 474 - -
Population 2,100 1,069 1,031
Child (0-6) 215 105 110
Schedule Caste 239 119 120
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 86.26 % 92.22 % 80.02 %
Total Workers 764 677 87
Main Worker 535 - -
Marginal Worker 229 186 43

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.38 % of total population in Kanktya village. The village Kanktya currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kanktya village out of total population, 764 were engaged in work activities. 70.03 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.97 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 764 workers engaged in Main Work, 28 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 174 were Agricultural labourer.