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Kanchanpur Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Kanchanpur is a large village located in Mahisadal Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 1063 families residing. The Kanchanpur village has population of 5597 of which 2900 are males while 2697 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanchanpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 813 which makes up 14.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanchanpur village is 930 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanchanpur as per census is 1007, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kanchanpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanchanpur village was 76.05 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kanchanpur Male literacy stands at 79.68 % while female literacy rate was 72.08 %.

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 1,063 - -
Population 5,597 2,900 2,697
Child (0-6) 813 405 408
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 76.05 % 79.68 % 72.08 %
Total Workers 1,771 1,567 204
Main Worker 851 - -
Marginal Worker 920 737 183

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Kanchanpur village out of total population, 1771 were engaged in work activities. 48.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1771 workers engaged in Main Work, 86 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.